Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: June 08, 2023, 11:11 IST
FIH Pro League: Indian males’s hockey crew towards Netherlands (HI)
Harmanpreet Singh scored the one purpose as India went down 1-4 to the Netherlands within the FIH Hockey Pro League
A profligate India squandered a one-goal result in go down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands within the FIH Hockey Pro League.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11′) scored India’s lone purpose regardless of the guests being awarded as many as 5 penalty corners and a penalty stroke.
Pepijn Reyenga (17′), Boris Burkhardt (40′) and Duco Telgenkamp (41′, 58′) scored within the house crew’s victory on Wednesday evening.
Riding on back-to-back wins in London final weekend, India bought off the blocks in Eindhoven establishing an early 1-0 lead within the first quarter.
Though India took a while to shake off the nerves and settle into the sport, they confirmed construction that helped them earn alternatives contained in the Netherlands’ D.
India had been awarded a penalty nook after a foot foul by the Netherlands defender within the eleventh minute, a deliberate foul in PC defence noticed them being awarded a penalty stroke.
The in-form Harmanpreet broke no sweat in changing the stroke, fetching India an early lead and in addition took his particular person rating to a powerful 17 targets this season.
Backed by a boisterous house crowd, the younger Netherlands crew bounced again within the second quarter with a effective equaliser by way of Pepijn Reyenga. He was skillful in his effort to select up an aerial ball, and managed it properly sufficient to place it previous the Indian defence within the seventeenth minute.
The equaliser put India on the backfoot, with the hosts having fun with a lot of the ball possession. It took India a couple of minutes to regain their rhythm and foray into the circle with a well-worked assault down the precise flank however the hosts defended properly to maintain the scoreline even.
Only seconds earlier than the hooter, the Netherlands discovered a possibility to take the lead once they gained a PC from a powerful counterattack. But a purpose was averted by India’s courageous first rusher Amit Rohidas.
Starting the third quarter with a 1-1 stalemate, the match promised to maintain the viewers glued to their seats. The hosts dominated this quarter with improved ball possession backed by an aggressive assault.
Only minutes into the quarter, Tjep Hoedemakers examined India’s defence when he took a shot on purpose from shut vary however India goalie Krishan Pathak was fast on his toes to make a effective save.
In the thirty fifth minute, India created assault from the precise flank with the ball being pushed throughout the face of the purpose. Only a slight contact would have put the ball in, however Gurjant Singh’s diving effort went in useless.
The impasse lastly ended within the fortieth minute when the Netherlands managed a PC. Boris Burkhardt picked up injection to place it previous Pathak. Seconds later, Duco Telgenkamp prolonged the result in 3-1 with a well-timed subject purpose.
It didn’t assist that India had been all the way down to 10 males with Mandeep Singh being awarded a inexperienced card seconds earlier than the Netherlands scored back-to-back targets.
Under stress to attain, India started the ultimate quarter with a few PCs coming their approach however didn’t make a lot of them.
They gained one other PC about three minutes later however couldn’t put it previous the Dutch defence. The ultimate jiffy remained tense for India, as they hunted for that elusive purpose.
While a late surge for India appeared bleak at this second with the Netherlands defence being relentless, India conceded a purpose when Telgenkamp sealed the difficulty finishing a double.
Though India earned a PC seconds after this purpose, Rohidas’s flick didn’t make the goal. With lower than 30 seconds left for the ultimate hooter, India earned a penalty stroke after a stick sort out foul however Netherlands’ goalie Pirmin Blaak made a superb save off Harmanpreet’s flick, ending the match with 4-1 on the board.
India will tackle Argentina on Thursday.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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