The captain of Thockey india was Harmanpreet Singh, whose Hockey team defeated Great Britain 4–2 in a penalty shootout on Sunday, August 4th. Despite going down to ten men in the first half, the Blue side survived and managed to restrict their opponents to a 1-1 draw.
There are high chances that India’s national hockey squad will win its second successive medal at Olympics. The Team featuring skipper Harmanpreet Singh overcame Great Britain with excitement in the quarterfinals to enter into semis of the games, as well. With one apiece at full time, the match went for penalties and India won it by 4-2. The aged PR Sreejesh proved his mettle by keeping off rival strikers.
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hockey india Olympic Games’ semi-finals taking place in Paris.
Germany is going to face off with India in this year’s Olympic Games’ semi-finals taking place in Paris. Germany won Argentina 3:2 during last night’s quarter-final which ended on Monday, August 5th. Germany will compete with India for a place at Francisco Mendozola Stadium on Tuesday evening next week from 10:30 PM. Interestingly enough, three years ago these two were playing each other at a bronze match-up for Tokyo Olympic games.
India had beaten them 5–4 (in fact) to win their historic bronze (first since Moscow Summer Olympics’ gold). Another victory against Germany gives Harmanpreet Singh-led side a strong chance of reaching into championship game this time around.
However Amit Rohidas will not be playing for India in semi-final as per FIH Technical Delegate who has suspended him for one match due to his disqualification under FIH Code of Conduct In first half of their game against GB Amit was sent off controversially but his team still played extremely well for almost 38 minutes with just ten men.
On Tuesday, 6th August IST at 5:30 PM Spain will play Netherlands in the other semi-final. The last five minutes of the game saw Spain pull off a shocker to stun Belgium who were defending champions at the Olympics. They scored twice within this period, which enabled them to snatch a ticket to the next round. On the other hand, Holland were able to make it two-nil win against Australia, who had been runners-up in Tokyo Olympics.
hockey india Amit Rohidas Receives One-Match Ban, Will Miss 2024 Hockey Semifinal at the Paris Olympics.
Amit Rohidas from Indian men’s hockey team was given one-match ban after receiving red card during their quarterfinal match with Great Britain on Paris Olympics 2024.
Indian Men’s Hockey Team player Amit Rohidas got banned for one game when he received a red card during his side’s quarter final clash with Great Britain (on Sunday) in Paris Olympics 2024. Therefore he will miss India’s semi-final contest against them on Tuesday that week in France. The lay umpire gave him a red card when his stick hit an opponent while dribbling ball on midfield in second quarter of match versus GB. However due to playing with only t0 men throughout the game India won by shootouts and PR Sreejesh came out as star performer of this unit.
Hockey India has already made formal reservations about umpiring standards and decision-making processes as well.
hockey india Among the few fundamental issues raised were:
Disreputable video referee decisions particularly in relation to Indian’s red card ruling which have dented the integrity of the system.
A goalkeepers coaching from behind the posts during a penalty shootout.
Goalie using a video tablet throughout the shootout.
“Following these incidents, players, coaches and spectators have lost faith in the officiating process. In an official statement, Hockey India has called for a “careful review of these cases to protect honesty within the game and guarantee fairness during future games.”
India came to play and played hard to win in a shootout.
In the 22nd minute, Lee Morton gave India the lead but five minutes later England drew level through Harmanpreet Singh. India had some problems after being reduced to ten men but Sreejesh made a couple of brilliant saves to keep them out. India won 4-2 on penalties. They capitalized on their chances in the shootouts thereby denying England two goals.”
