Saturday, November 02, 2019

Hockey News

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

P.C. to Hockey India twitter handle
Second Leg
India l USA 1-4 (0-4) On aggregate Indian women' team defeated US women's team 6-5
Goal Scorers - Amanda Magadan (USA) 5' PC and 28', Kathleen Sharkey (USA) 14', Alyssa Parker (USA) 20' and Rani Rampal (IND) 48'

In a nail-biting match, our women managed to overcome strong resistance from the US women to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic ... Today our eves' performance was exactly the opposite of yesterday's match ... They came under pressure from the beginning when the US women scored 1st goal in the 5th minute ... Indian women got panicked when US women scored the 2nd goal in the first quarter ... The second quarter also dominated by US women, they scored 2 more goals and at the half-time, both teams aggregated 5-all and advantage was with the US team ... In the first half, our team was dis-organized, struggled with their game plan and dis-oriented ... In the second half, our team played an improved game ... They defended well and put pressure on the US team ... A most crucial goal scored by our captain Rani Rampal at the beginning of the fourth quarter ... After that, US women tried hard but we defended well as a unit ... But I am still getting confused to see that our long ball clearance, in that, we lose possession and give an opportunity to the opponent for an attack.

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

Second Leg
India bt Russia 7-1 (3-1) On aggregate Indian men's team defeated Russian men's team 11-3
Goal Scorers - Lalit Upadhyay (IND) 17', Akashdeep Singh (IND) 23' PC and 29', Nilakanta Sharma (IND) 47', Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 48' PC and 59' PC, Amit Rohidas (IND) 60' PC and Alexey Sobolevskiy (RUS) 1'

Improved performance by our men's team as they qualify for Tokyo Olympic in style ... We conceded a goal in the 1st minute and was a goal down in the 1st quarter ... Our team responded well as they scored 3 goals in the 2nd quarter to lead at the half-time and then scored 4 more goals in the final quarter for a convincing win.

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