Indian Men's Hockey team at Rio:A Complete story
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Rio Position - 8th
Indian Men's Hockey team at Rio:A Complete story
The Indian men's team had a decent outing at recently concluded Olympics .If you had missed out the action's check out all the match results and a short summary of the match.
India Vs Ireland
In the first match of the tournament the Indian men's team did start out well in a confident way.The first three quarter's was well dominated by the Indian's however the Irish players came back well to give the audience a wonderful game.In the end the Indian men's team played a smart game to earn their 3 points.
Match Results - India 3 - 2 Ireland
Goal scorers for India - Raghunath ,Rupinder paul Singh .
Match Fact - All 5 goals in the match came from penalty corners.
Match Fact - All 5 goals in the match came from penalty corners.
India Vs Germany
The Indian men's team started their second outing at Rio in a confident way but the German's scored the first goal.To meet our expectations the Indian team did come back well to make the score chart equal through Rupinder Paul SIngh in a penalty corner.To all our dismay as usual the team gave the entire viewers a shock to get defeated in the last 3 seconds of the match.
Match Results - India 1 - 2 Germany
Goal scorer for India - Rupinder Paul Singh
Match Fact - Match was going for a draw but with 3.1 seconds to go Christopher Ruhr scored for the German's to break the Indian's heart.
Match Fact - Match was going for a draw but with 3.1 seconds to go Christopher Ruhr scored for the German's to break the Indian's heart.
India Vs Argentina
This match against the sturdy Argentines was expected be a tough battle however the Indian team was dauntless to earn their first victory against the Argentines after 6 years.The Indians kickstarted the scoring sheet with a early goal in the 8 th minute by Chinglensena in a PC.Then again the Indians scored at the 37th minute through Kothajit.The did show their dominance in the first 3 quarters but as usual the team was in complete defense mode in the 4th quarter to get a goal back but the team were clever enough to whirl away the time to earn their 2nd victory.
Match Results - India 2 - 1 Argentina
Goal scorers for India - Chinglensena Singh,Kothajit Singh
Match Fact - Argentina the Rio Olympic champions only loss at the tournament was against the Indian men's team.
Match Fact - Argentina the Rio Olympic champions only loss at the tournament was against the Indian men's team.
India Vs Netherlands
The Indian team had the edge over the Netherlands inspite of the fact that the Netherlands are higher ranked then them.The Indian unit played well enough to keep the dutch team to a goalless draw.But the Netherlands strike in the 3rd quarter and took the lead.But The Indian team came back to strong to earn a PC and scored through a Raghunath's rocket.S.V sunil was outstanding in the match with some quick runs into the dutch circle however the Dutch scored back again to take the lead.But the Indian's team their goalkeeper off to play with 11 on field players and it was really working out well.Although the team earned back to back Pc's in the last minute they were not able to use it well.
Match Results - India 1 - 2 Netherlands
Goal scorer for India - V R Raghunath
Match Fact - India got as many as 3 PC's after the clock was over in the final quarter.
Match Fact - India got as many as 3 PC's after the clock was over in the final quarter.
India Vs Canada
This match was meant to be a clear 3 points for the Indian team.However the team was in lead twice to take home only 1 point.The Candians played for their respect and indeed earned their respect among the spectators by displaying a eyepopping come back into the game.
Match Results - India 2 - 2 Canada
Goal scorers for India - Akashdeep Singh ,Ramandeep Singh
Match Fact - Both the goals for India was field goals while both the goals for the Canadians came from PC's .
Match Fact - Both the goals for India was field goals while both the goals for the Canadians came from PC's .
India Vs Belgium Quarter-finals :
The quarter- final match was a complete set back for the Indian team.From the first minute the Belgian's were in the attack mode.Although the Indian team opened the goal sheet the Indian team din't play to the expectation which they had set in the previous matches.Although the lead was contained till the half time.The Belgians dominated well enough to strike 3 solid goals to earn thier spot in the semi-finals.
Match Results - India 1 - 3 Belgium
Goal scorer for India - Akashdeep Singh.
Match Fact - Not even a single counter attack by the Indian team.
Match Fact - Not even a single counter attack by the Indian team.
Rio Position - 8th
Total no.goals scored - 10
Average goals in the tournament - 1.6
Top goal scorer for India - Rupinder Paul Singh
