Fih Pro League: Disappointing Outing for Indian Men, Women in Penultimate Home Leg Matses

“The girls were determined to give their best to make it a special day for Savita and they give their Everything, I can’t Ask for more than that,” Coach Harendra singh admitted after the 4-2 loses to world to world 1 – The Netherlands – In the Fih Hockey Pro League here on Monday.

The Indian Women, Coming Off a Morale-Boosting Win Against Germany, Played Their Best Game of the Competition SO Far Despite The Loss, Keeping The Dutch Busy for Long Periods and Not Allowing is the freedom to strikhe at will. More Importantly, The Indians Did Not Sit Sit Back Defenseively, Not Awed by the opponents’ reputation and kept trying to move up, Finding Ways to Create An Opening, 13 Penalty CREATE An Opening, 13 Penalty CREATE ANDINACTY.

Locked 1-1 at Half Time-Itself a Surprise Given the Netherlands’ Domination and India’s’s Struggles-The Dutch Came Back with a Revamped Plan, Stretching The Indians Wide and waiting the Indian Circle. Joosje Burg, Frederique Matla and Felice Albers Constantly Wove Past the Indian Defense to set up goals and where there was just three pcs, the duch found ways to Wrong-Foot the defense and make-face Play.

Albers Struck Twice, from Acute Angles on Eiter Side of the Goal while Fay Van Der Elst Struck Once While Udita Got BOTH OF INDIA’s Goals Through pcs. In Fact, INDIA BOLD SHOPLE of Goals More but for the Dutch Goalkeeper Anne Veenndaal, Who Burght off Several Saves in One-On-Oone Situations. At the other end, both Savita punia and bichu devi too did well to deny the dutch but there was only so much so much they single do.

The men, however, failed to maintain their winning momentum, going down 3-2 to england, wasting eight pcs and unable to find a way past goalkeeper james mazarelo, who kept outs Him. Abhishek and Gurjant Tried from Open Play, Harmanpreet, Jugraj and Nilam Xess from PCS but Nothing Could Past Past Mazarelo as India Lost Its First Game to ENGLAND SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE SINCE Sam Ward Struck Twice for the Winner, Taking Full Advantage of a Lethargic Indian Defense.

The German men, recovering from their narrow loss to India, thrashed Ireland 8-2, Scoring Twice in Each Quarter with Seven Different Players getting their names on the scoresheet.

The results:

Men: Germany 8 (Prinz 7, Struthoff 10 & 59, Kaufmann 28, Hartkopf 30, Mertgens 42, Schwarzhaupt 44, Pelat 56) Bt Ireland 2 (Nelson 27, McKibbin 29); India 2 (Abhishek 18, Hardik 39) Lost to England 3 (Payton 15, Ward 19 & 29).

Women: India 2 (Udita 18 & 42) Lost to the Netherlands 4 (Reijnen 7, Albers 34 & 47, van der Elst 40).