Indian Men’s Hockey Team Aims to Fine-tune Tactics Ahead of Paris Olympics – News18

Keeping the Paris Olympics in thoughts, the Indian males’s hockey workforce will look to iron out the chinks on the armour when it takes on Germany and Great Britain within the remaining two FIH Hockey Pro League matches this weekend.

India might be up in opposition to world champions Germany on Saturday, whereas they’ll lock horns with hosts Great Britain on Sunday.

After the Antwerp stage and two matches at London, India is positioned fourth within the factors desk with 24 factors from 14 matches.

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Meanwhile, Germany and Great Britain sit on the sixth and seventh positions respectively, having performed seven matches thus far.

“We have played some good hockey, but there are still some areas where we need to improve if we want the result to go in our favour,” vice-captain Hardik Singh stated.

“Our objective in these last two matches will be to start aggressively and work on our best combinations. We will go step-by-step, try to play good hockey, and most importantly look to keep the momentum going,” he added.

At Antwerp, India began with a 2-2 (5-4 SO) shootout win in opposition to Argentina, adopted by a 1-4 loss to Belgium. They misplaced to the identical opponent in a shootout 2-2 (1-3 SO) earlier than defeating Argentina in an exhilarating match 5-4.

In London, India beat Germany 3-0 earlier than happening 1-3 in opposition to Britain of their second match.

“The entire team knows that the London stage of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 matches are very important in our preparations for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.

“Therefore, it is important that we don’t take anything for granted and give our best out there,” Hardik stated.

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