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India will face current Olympic champion Netherlands in the Men’s Hockey World Cup today. The team will play its first match in Pool-E of the second round. The match will be played at Wagner Hockey Stadium from 7:30 pm onwards.
India is in Pool E along with England, Netherlands and Argentina. The team will play matches with Netherlands and Argentina. India has played England in the first round, in which it lost.
According to the new format, if the teams included in the top-8 have played in the first round, then their match will not be held in the second round.
The result of the previous match will be added in the second round. According to this, India is at third place in Pool-E with one loss. Now it is necessary for him to win both the matches.
India won 2 matches in the first round
- India had won 2 out of three matches in the first round. The team had defeated Wales and Pakistan.
- If the team loses this match, then it will have to hope that England loses both its remaining matches. Then India will have to win against Argentina by a big margin.
- Netherlands, on the other hand, is at second position in the points table. The team had defeated New Zealand 5-1, Argentina 3-1 and Japan 4-1 in the first round.
India defeated Netherlands in the last match
It is a good thing for India that it had defeated Netherlands 3-2 in the last match of Hockey Pro-League played in June this year. Jugraj Singh, Abhishek and Rajinder Singh had scored goals in this match. These three players are also part of the Indian team in the World Cup.
In the last encounter between the two teams, India had won 3-2.
Weak play in the second half is a concern for India
India’s biggest concern is losing grip on the match after a strong start. India was leading 3-0 and then 4-1 against Pakistan, but Pakistan made a comeback and reduced the goal difference. In the end the score was 5-3.
Even against England, India was leading 2-1 at half time. Then after conceding two goals in the third quarter, they lost the match 2-4. Against a strong team like Netherlands, India will have to keep its defense strong throughout the match.
India had lost to England 2-4 in the first round.
Captain Harmanpreet said – improvement in defense is necessary
Captain Harmanpreet Singh, who has scored 5 goals in the tournament, had said after the match against Pakistan that the deep defense will have to be improved. He said- ‘When India gets the ball within 25 meters of the opposition team, it will have to make better use of it and avoid small mistakes.’
On the other hand, Netherlands captain Thierry Brinkman called India a dangerous team. He said that India can beat any team on its day.
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