FIH Pro League: After losing to Netherlands, India beat Argentina 3. beat by 0

Indhoven. Two goals scored in the third quarter helped the Indian men’s hockey team beat Rio Olympic champions Argentina 3-3 in a one-sided contest. 0 to get back to winning ways in the FIH Pro League. After taking a one-goal lead in the previous match, India were thrashed by the Netherlands 1. Had to face defeat by 4 but India made a great comeback in this match. Captain Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 33rd minute. Six minutes later, Amit Rohidas converted another penalty corner. Abhishek scored the third goal in the 59th minute which was a field goal.

After this win, India have reached the top spot with 27 points from 14 matches while Great Britain have 26 points from 12 matches. India now has to play the Netherlands again in the next match on Saturday. Earlier on Wednesday, India failed to capitalize on an early lead and went down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands in a late IST match. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored the only goal for India in the 11th minute. India got five penalty corners and one penalty stroke in the match. In this match played on Wednesday night, Pepijn Reyenga (17th), Boris Burkhardt (40th) and Duko Teljenkamp (41st and 58th) scored for the Netherlands. The Indian team, which reached here after winning two consecutive matches in Britain, took the lead in the first quarter itself.

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India got a penalty corner in the 11th minute. When the Indian team took the penalty corner, the Dutch defenders deliberately fouled it, giving India a penalty stroke. Harmanpreet made no mistake in converting it into a goal. The Netherlands came back brilliantly to equalize with a goal from Pepijn Reyenga amid huge support from the home crowd. This put the Indian team on the backfoot while the Netherlands controlled the ball for most of the time. The Netherlands were awarded a penalty corner seconds before the end of the second quarter but a brilliant effort from Amit Rohidas saved India. It was only after this that the Netherlands maintained their dominance and played aggressively.

He had a chance to score early in the third quarter but Indian goalkeeper Krishan Pathak made a brilliant save. India attacked from the right flank in the 35th minute but Gurjant Singh failed to find the target. Netherlands were awarded a penalty corner in the 40th minute which Burkhardt made no mistake in converting. Seconds later, Tellzenkamp scored on a field goal to make it 3–1. Shortly after this, Mandeep Singh got a green card due to which India had to play with 10 players. The Indian team looked desperate to make a comeback. He also earned two penalty corners in the fourth quarter but could not capitalize on them. The Netherlands also earned a penalty corner in the last minute which was converted by Tellzenkamp to ensure a big win for his team.