Indian hockey team starts Europe tour with a thumping win over Germany

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After a one-year gap, the Indian Men’s hockey started the Europe tour with a thumping 6-1 win over Germany played at Krefeld on Sunday.

The Indian hockey team put the pressure right from the word go on the Germans. After creating lots of chances, India earned a penalty corner in the 13th minute. Nilkanta produced a brilliant goal to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. In the next minute, Constain Saib leveled the score with a superb field goal. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 1-1.

It was a superb start for the Germans putting pressure on the Indians and earned two back-to-back penalty corners in the first few minutes. The Indian goalkeeper made brilliant saves and created aggressive moves. Vivek scored two back-to-back goals in the 27th and 28th minute. It was an amazing performance by the Indian team who played aggressive hockey. At the end of the second quarter, India led 3-1.

The third quarter saw Germany started off to an aggressive start and earned as many as six penalty corners. Despite Germans penalty corners, P Sreejesh made brilliant saves. The Indian team produced brilliant defense, Lalit Upadhyay scored a brilliant field goal in the 41st minute. In the next minute, Akashdeep Singh put Germany under pressure to score another goal to leave Germany at 5-1. At the end of the third quarter, India had a commanding 5-1 lead.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Indian team earned a penalty corner in the 47th minute as Harmanpreet Singh converted this into a goal with a fierce flick. The Germans tried to make a comeback into the game and even pulled out the goalkeeper to put an extra player, but superb Indian performance ensured that visitors won with a commanding 6-1 lead.

This was a superb performance by the Indian men’s hockey team. They displayed great skills against a strong German side. After a day’s break, India will take on Germany in the 2nd match on 2nd March.



 





Indian hockey team returns with a 6-1 win over Germany 

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