FIH Pro Hockey League Match 1: India edge past Argentina in a thrilling encounter

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The Indian men’s hockey team showed their character as they defeated Olympic Champions Argentina in the first leg of the Pro Hockey League match played at Bruno Aires on Saturday.

It was an action-packed first quarter as both teams played attacking hockey but could not convert into goals. Both teams showed great fighting spirit and ended the first half at 0-0.

The second quarter saw great action again with both teams making attacking moves. India earned a penalty corner and Harmanpreet Singh converted into a goal to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute. Argentina showed attacking skills and leveled the scores as Ferriero Martin produced a field goal in the 28th minute. Before the end of the first half, Martin scored from a penalty corner to give the Argentina side 2-1 lead.

In the third quarter, the Indian team tried their best to convert goals but the Argentina defense was up to the mark. Both teams played attacking hockey as 3 Indian players got yellow cards. The score remained 2-1 at the end of the third quarter.

India played attacking hockey in the final quarter putting pressure but the Argentina defense was solid. Despite the Indian team getting penalty corners, the hosts showed fighting spirit and kept India at bay. In the dying minutes of the match, India earned a penalty corner and Harmanpreet Singh converted into a goal to level the scores at 2-2. With 50 seconds left on the clock, Ferriero scored his third goal but was not given as a back pass stick led to a goal and it was disallowed. The match ended at 2-2 and went to the shootouts.

In the penalty shootouts, Harmanpreet Singh could not convert as Vivaldi deceived the Indian. After that, P Sreejesh showed his remarkable skills as he saved brilliant goals and other penalty takers converted them into goals. The Indian Team won the shootouts at 3-2. With this win, India earned 2 including 1 from the draw and the other from the shootout.

India will play their second match of the leg on Sunday. It promises to be an exciting encounter as Manpreet Singh’s India would look to iron out the flaws.



 




India beat Argentina in the first match of the Pro Hockey League 2021 

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