FIH CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2016 FINALS IND VS AUSTRALIA : LIVE GOALS & More Updates

   Here you can find the live goals , counter attacking moves & more updates on the FIH champions trophy final India Vs Australia... Come back here by 12:45 AM of 18th June for live commentary ...
FIH champions Trophy Final Ind Vs Aus 2016 (image courtesy- FIH)

FIH CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2016 FINALS IND VS AUSTRALIA :  LIVE GOALS & More Updates

It is a pleasant surprise to all the hockey audience around the world to see the young Indian team playing the gold medal match against the mighty Australians who is currently the world's no.1. It was indeed a surprise because this Indian team has a complete bunch of youngsters while the few of the stars like our captain Sardar Singh, Rupinder Paul, Birendra Lakra and Gurbaj Singh are being rested but still the team has managed to have a fight for the Gold medal. Although the Indian team was ranked as lowly as no 7 just above the Koreans who are at no 9.
The young team stepped up with a good commendable performance against all other high ranked teams like Germany, Great Britain, Belgium in the league games. Infact the team faced hard time against the Australians in the final league match and lost 4-2. The team showed enough fight in the final quater where they gave complete dominance against the Australians. Many still say that it is just because of Great Britain and Belgians results that the Indian team are into the finals but to tell the truth the statistics matters, in a league tournament each victory matters and we were able to challenge the other teams and indeed the indian team managed to  reached the top two spot.So it's the final here and the young and energetic Indian team is ready for a fight against to world no 1.You can find the live commentary below by 12:45 AM .Come back on time to catch the action..

FIH CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2016 FINALS IND VS AUSTRALIA :  LIVE GOALS & More Updates

12:45 AM - Begins the long waited game! 

First Quater actions :

15:00 - The match starts with the Aussies! 

13:00 - Indian team on control with the ball, Hoping for a good start from our champs.

11:00 - S.V Sunil steals the ball and runs with high pace in the right wing but got pushed by the   Aussie defender. Keep going Sunil!

05:00 - Australia on the penalty corner..
            There comes Raghunath who helps India by saving the goal!
             Back to back saves by the Indian team!
             India finally clears the ball..! :) Keeping our hopes high!

02:00 - India earns a penalty corner.
            We have Raghunath and Harmanpreet waiting for the ball!
            There comes another earning of penalty corner!
            Raghunath hits it hard, but the Australian goal keeper saves it for their team!


Second Quater actions :

12:30 - Aussies earn a penalty corner by Govers!
            And wins the the stroke..

            But misses the chance!  Better luck Aussies!
            Govers must be feeling bad for missing on that.

            That cheers the Indian fans..as they go crazy on the stadium! ;)

08:40 - Nikkin forces India forward,
             That was one good counter attack by the Indian team!

06:50 - Aussie on the penalty corner!
            A classy save by Sreejesh! Well done! :)

            Another penalty corner for the Aussies.
            Yet Indian team was brave enough to save it!

05:20 - Green card for Beale and Pradeep for tight man marking.

03:00 - India has got good control on the ball!

             An excellent defense by Harmanpreet which gets him the ball!

01:50 - India earns a penalty corner by the Uthapa and Sunil's combo!

01:30 - Indian team demands for a video referral.
            But loses the referral.

By the end of First half although the Australians were dominant in the attacks, Indian team made it difficult for them to score!

Indian scored more points on the ball positions with 56% where the Australians were left with 44%

Number of shots for the goal : Aus - 11
                                                  Ind - 6

Keeping the fingers crossed for the next half!

Third Quater actions : 

Indian team looks confident and determined!
While the Australian coach doesn't seem to be happy with game play by his team.

10:10 - Aussie's at the penalty corner.
            Indian fans exclaim as the Australian player misses the shot!

09:20 - Australia comes up with a strike..
             Indian players were quick as they distract the ball!

08:10 - Australians earns a penalty corner.
            But they mistrapped it.. and India counter attacks but couldn't score on that one.

07:00 - Green card was issued for Australian player Swan.

05:20 - India on the limelite earns the penalty corner!
             Gets mistrapped..
             And earns another penalty corner but couldn't make it this time.

04:33 - Ogilvie gets a green card.
           
03:20 - Mitton gets a yellow card for trying to steal India's ball before the ball moves 5 yards.

Indian team is completely into the game, finding every chance to score!

02:20 - Australia loses patience for lacking behind.

End of the quater!

Fourth Quater actions :

13:30 - India moves forward as Akashdeep gets the ball in the circle and hits on the reverse tick hit but was not hard enough to get through the Aussies.

10:20 - Sunil runs like a racer but got pushed from behind by Dawson. That gets a yellow card for Dawson!

Indian team has earned quite a lot of fans with their ability to defend the Australians.

Number of shots fro goals : Aus - 13
                                             Ind - 12

India leads the positions for the forth quater with 79% while the Australia has 21%

06:28 - Australia earns a penalty corner through video referral.
             Aussie's tries a variation but misses the shot as the ball goes off the field.

04:30 - India takes the control of the ball with maturity! Keeping calm and saving the energy for the best with a cool attitude!

03:36 - Yellow card goes to Nikkin for bad tackling with Orchard.

India holds the ball in the last minute of the match.. Australia take control at the final seconds but nothing interesting happens!

Goal remains to be 0-0 at the end of Fourth quater!

It must have taken a lot of practice and self determination for the Indian team to hold the final match making it difficult for the Australians to score!

Shot Out : 

Australia takes a lead by scoring a goal in the shot out!

But India lost its chance to score.

Aussies takes advantage of the Shot out as they score another goal proving to be the world's best!

India has to buckle up! As it is high time with the Aus-2 and Ind-0

Harmanpreet lifts the team by scoring one for the team! Aus-2 Ind-1

Great Australian players managed to score the wining goal putting their team on lead!

By the end of the great finnale the scoreboard looks to be Aus - 3
                                                                                             Ind -1

That clearly states the winner of the finals! Australia wins the game..

But the Indian team won the hearts of the fans as they put in great effort in defending throughout the match! With the young quality players in the Indian team we hope to go places in the games in future!

3:00 Am  Hold on guys the official decision is yet to be made as who won the gold because of the controversial 2nd shoot out by Australia , so come back morning to get an official confirmation of who won !

9:00 AM Australia declared the official winners of the Men's FIH Champions Trophy 2016.

Indian team who have won the silver medal in the grand FIH Champions Trophy 2016. After 1982 Amstelveen (Netherlands) Bronze this is the best ever finish for the Indian team .It was really a scintillating performance by the young Indian team after their loss in the previous game by 4-2 and come back to give such a display of competitive hockey to level draw 0-0 in 60 minutes against the mighty world no1 Australians.

Just 48 more days for Rio Olympics and team India is going to be a real competitor.Come back for more new updates on Indian hockey team.
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