India beat Britain 4-2 in penalty shootout.
Today is a very important day for the Indian men’s hockey team as they have to face Great Britain in the quarter-finals to keep their hopes of a 13th Olympic medal alive.
πͺπππ§ π πͺππ‘! The Indian men’s hockey team secured a fantastic victory in a shoot-out thriller to book their place in the semi-final and move one step closer to Olympic glory. There were chances of the match changing after Amit Rohidas was shown a red card in the second quarter but India displayed great composure and determination to take the game to a shootout and win despite being a man short for most of the time.
Indian hockey team has reached the semi-finals in Paris Olympics. In the quarterfinal match, India defeated Britain 4-2 in the penalty shootout. In the full-time match, the score of both the teams was equal to 1-1.By the end of the second quarter, both teams are tied at 1-1. In the 22nd minute of the match, captain Harmanpreet Singh gave India a 1-0 lead. This is his 7th goal in the Paris Olympics. Earlier, no team scored in the first quarter. In the 27th minute, Britain’s Lee Morton scored a goal and leveled the score.
The last quarter was also goalless. In such a situation, both the teams remained tied at 1-1 till full time.
India defeated Britain 4-2 in the penalty shootout and made it to the semi-finals. For India, Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal scored successful goals in the shootout. Whereas for England, James Alvery scored in the first attempt and Jack Wallis scored in the second attempt. After that Conor Williamson could not score in the third attempt and Philip Roper could not score in the fourth attempt. Here India’s experienced goalkeeper made a brilliant save.
