FIH Pro League: Indian Women’s Hockey Team Suffer 0-3 Defeat Against Argentina – News18

The Indian girls’s hockey workforce went down 0-3 to Argentina within the closing match of the Belgium leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24, right here on Sunday. Celina Di Santo (1’), Maria Campoy (39’), and Maria Granatto (47′) etched their names on the scoresheet for Argentina.

Argentina took the sport by storm within the very first minute, dissecting the Indian excessive press and penetrating to the taking pictures circle, the place Celina Di Santo deflected Maria Granatto’s shot on aim to attain their first aim. As India struggled to play out of their half, a interval of Argentinian dominance adopted, leading to a penalty nook eight minutes into the sport, however they failed to increase their lead.

Following this, India started stringing a couple of passes collectively and grew into the sport. They pressured Argentine goalkeeper Clara Barberi into motion after a low drive into the circle from Udita discovered Lalremsiami, who dove to direct it in the direction of aim however failed to attain.

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Argentina regained management of proceedings within the second quarter, incomes a slurry of penalty corners however an alert duo of Bichu Devi Kharibam and Salima Tete helped hold the ball out of the nets. A uncommon Indian foray into the taking pictures circle resulted in a penalty nook however Deepika’s drag flick was comfortably swatted away. Argentina pegged India again for the remainder of the quarter however the Indian defence held agency to maintain the scoreline 0-1 heading into the second half.

India earned a penalty nook early within the third quarter however did not create a goalscoring alternative. As the quarter progressed India tried to push up the pitch however had been unable to create any important possibilities. Argentina made a breakthrough within the thirty ninth minute, as Maria Campoy picked up the ball on the left wing and bulldozed into the circle, dodging a couple of challenges and slotting it previous Savita to double their lead. India had an opportunity to attain within the final minute of the quarter however Navneet Kaur’s tomahawk was saved by Clara Barberi.

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Argentina earned a penalty nook as quickly as the ultimate quarter started and Maria Granatto directed Agustina Gorzelany’s flick over Savita in aim to additional solidify their lead. Argentina stepped up the depth after the aim and pegged India again, creating a number of possibilities by Maria Granatto however a resilient Indian backline managed to thwart any additional advances and the match ended 3-0 in Argentina’s favour.

The Indian girls’s workforce will subsequent tackle Germany on June 1.

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