Friday, December 16, 2016

Hockey News

At Junior Hockey World Cup 2016, Lucknow, India

Semi Finals
India bt Australia 2-2 (0-1) 4-2 shoot-out
Goal Scorers - Gurjant Singh (IND) 42' and Mandeep Singh (IND) 48' and Tom Craig (AUS) 14', Lachlan Sharp (AUS) 57'

Indian boys came from a goal down to pip Australia 4-2 via shootout in a thrilling contest and enter the final of the men's Junior Hockey World Cup after 15 years ... In the final Indian boys r facing Belgium.

Indians were down early as Tom Craig scored in first 15 mins and Aussie boys kept that lead till half-time ... In the second-half, our boys started positively ... We scored two skillful field goals through Gurjant Singh and Mandeep Singh in six minutes ... But we conceded a soft goal due to miscommunication between our defense to equalize ... So the score was 2-all at the end of regulation time ... In the shoot-out, goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya rose to the occasion and made two fantastic saves to deny Australia's Matthew Bird and Sharp ... On the other hand the Indians, were clinical in the shoot-out with skipper Harjeet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit and Manpreet (Jr) finding the back of the net past the Australian custodian.

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