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Olympics 2012: Belgium blank listless Indian hockey team
Clean Media Correspondent
London, August 08 (CMC) Indian hockey team’s disastrous run at the Olympics continued as they crashed to their fifth successive defeat against Belgium 3-0 at the Riverbank Arena on Tuesday.
Jerome Dekeyser 15th minute goal created havoc in Indian mind as they failed to create a single good opening in the first-half.
And when Gauthier Boccard made it 2-0 in 47th minute through yet another field goal, it was all but over for a demoralised Indian side. And just three minutes before the close, Tom Boon found the net for one last time to end India’s miseries with the 3-0 scoreline.
Even the one penalty corner that India got in each half failed to make any difference to the scoreline. The Belgians, though out of the semifinal race, proved far superior to their opponents and in the process recorded their second win of the tournament. They defeated South Korea 2-1 in their third game while drawing the
next against New Zealand 1-1.
India will now take on the Group A bottom sitter South Africa in a play-off match to determine the bottom place finisher.
Unlike earlier matches, where Indian gave some fight to their opponents, Belgium experienced no such push from the Indian forward line. There was not even one good move that India created in the entire 70-minute duration. It was yet another display of Indian individual skills versus a combined team effort of the Belgians.
The Indian midfield and deep defence made some unpardonable lapses by allowing the opposition forwards to create space in shooting circle, thus conceding all four field goals. The Indian defence was repeatedly caught flat-footed by the small and clever passes that the Belgians employed with success.
India could only succeed in getting the two penalty corners, one in each half. And, coach Michael Nobbs repeated instructions in the team meetings, to try and get penalty corners than trying for a field goal, once again fell in deaf ears. The second half virtually witnessed a one-way traffic as Belgium kept most of the possession of the ball and never allowed India any space in the their half.
Other results: Group A: Australia bt Pakistan 7-0; Argentina bt South Africa 6-3; Group B: The Netherlands bt Korea 4-2
Olympics 2012: Belgium blank listless Indian hockey team
Clean Media Correspondent
London, August 08 (CMC) Indian hockey team’s disastrous run at the Olympics continued as they crashed to their fifth successive defeat against Belgium 3-0 at the Riverbank Arena on Tuesday.
Jerome Dekeyser 15th minute goal created havoc in Indian mind as they failed to create a single good opening in the first-half.
And when Gauthier Boccard made it 2-0 in 47th minute through yet another field goal, it was all but over for a demoralised Indian side. And just three minutes before the close, Tom Boon found the net for one last time to end India’s miseries with the 3-0 scoreline.
Even the one penalty corner that India got in each half failed to make any difference to the scoreline. The Belgians, though out of the semifinal race, proved far superior to their opponents and in the process recorded their second win of the tournament. They defeated South Korea 2-1 in their third game while drawing the
next against New Zealand 1-1.
India will now take on the Group A bottom sitter South Africa in a play-off match to determine the bottom place finisher.
Unlike earlier matches, where Indian gave some fight to their opponents, Belgium experienced no such push from the Indian forward line. There was not even one good move that India created in the entire 70-minute duration. It was yet another display of Indian individual skills versus a combined team effort of the Belgians.
The Indian midfield and deep defence made some unpardonable lapses by allowing the opposition forwards to create space in shooting circle, thus conceding all four field goals. The Indian defence was repeatedly caught flat-footed by the small and clever passes that the Belgians employed with success.
India could only succeed in getting the two penalty corners, one in each half. And, coach Michael Nobbs repeated instructions in the team meetings, to try and get penalty corners than trying for a field goal, once again fell in deaf ears. The second half virtually witnessed a one-way traffic as Belgium kept most of the possession of the ball and never allowed India any space in the their half.
Other results: Group A: Australia bt Pakistan 7-0; Argentina bt South Africa 6-3; Group B: The Netherlands bt Korea 4-2
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