Paris Olympics: India shock defeat in men's hockey semi-final - fans disappointed

Balasahana Suresh
Paris Olympics: india shock defeat in men's hockey semi-final - fans disappointed

India started off the game early on and looked to be the better side in the first half having attack after attack on the German circle. india got a PC early on in the second minute as they were piling on the early pressure. While the first one was saved hardik would get another one for India. That one would also get saved as germany would look to launch an attack and the shot from Miltkau was saved by Sreejesh.

The pressure wasn't being reduced by the indian team, who got 4 PCs in a row. The first 3 were saved by the first rusher but Harmanpreet, with a stroke of luck, put india in the lead in the 7th minute. india would then continue their dominance with another PC as the German defence was feeling the heat. Harmanpreet's shot was then dragged wide as germany were looking for a way out.
While the game did settle down a bit, india seemed like the team likely to score the next goal. When the first quarter came to an end, india had 66 percentage of the possession, 7 circle penetrations to Germany's 2 and 7 PCs as the world champions couldn't muster even one.
The second quarter needed to be a different one for germany and they started on the attack and almost got a ball into the D which Kauffmann struggled to control. They would get their first PC in the 18th minute and Gonzalo Peillat made no mistake as the score was all level.
India quickly shook off the cobwebs and started to be on the offensive once again and it was abhishek who would get his signature shot at the German goal but it went well wide.


 India shock rout in men's hockey semi-last - fans disheartened Fans were disappointed when the indian team lost in the much-anticipated men's hockey semifinal at the paris Olympics. Last night saw the men's hockey semi-final at the paris Olympics. india and Germany's teams carried out a number of tests in this regard. indian player Harmanpreet scored in the seventh moment of the thrilling game. In this manner, the German players scored in the eighteenth and 27th minutes of the game. In the 36th minute, indian player Sukhjeet Singh scored. Two goals to two resulted in a tie between the two teams. The German player Marko scored in the 54th minute, giving the team a three-to-two lead. In the final minute, the indian players put in a lot of effort to score. However, they couldn't score. germany prevailed over india by a three-to-two score. The German hockey team thus qualified for the Olympic hockey final. Tomorrow's bronze medal match will feature the hockey team from india, which lost to spain in the semi-finals.


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