Saturday, November 02, 2019

Hockey News

At the Women's Tokyo Olympics qualifiers - Final Round, Bhubaneswar, India

First Leg
India bt USA 5-1 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Lilima Minz (IND) 28' PC, Sharmila Devi (IND) 40' PC, Gurjit Kaur (IND) 42' PC and 51' PS, Navneet Kaur (IND) 46' and Erin Matson (USA) 54' PS

What a performance by the Indian eves ... they out-performed a tricky American team in the first match ... 4 goals in 11 minutes in the third quarter turned this tie in our favor ... Our girls are in a good position to book the Tokoyo Olympic ticket.

At the Men's Tokyo Olympics qualifiers - Final Round, Bhubaneswar, India

First Leg
India bt Russia 4-2 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 5' PS, Mandeep Singh (IND) 24' and 53', SV Sunil (IND) 48' PC and Andrey Kuraev (RUS) 17', Semen Matkovskiy (RUS) 60' PC

Very disorganized and sloppy performance by a superior Indian team ... Our game was below-par and the Russian team played their one of the best match ... We managed to win despite struggle on the turf ... Hoping for improved performance by the Indian team in their second match.

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