The Indian men’s hockey team lost a Test match to world champions Germany. Team India defeated current world champions Germany 5-3 in the second and final hockey Test at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday (October 24). Despite this, the Indian team lost the Test series.
In fact, the Hockey Test series was tied 1-1 after India’s victory in the second Test, so the Test series winner was decided through penalty kicks. In the penalty shootout, the German team won 3-1. In the penalty shootout, Harmanpreet Singh, Abhishek and Mohammad Raheel failed to score, while Aditya Arjun Lalgar, who was making his debut for the Indian team, scored.
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The Indian team completed an amazing comeback in the second half and defeated the German team 5-2 after falling behind at half-time. Goals from Sukhjit, Harmanpreet and Abhishek decided the match! 🏑🔥#PFCINDvGER #IndiaKaGame #HockeyIndia
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.@CMO_Odisha@India Sports@Media_SAI… pic.twitter.com/0nykWkoQEs— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) October 24, 2024
India goalkeeper Krishna Bahadur Pathak saved two goals in the penalty shootout but could not save his team from defeat. Let us tell you that the German team won the first test 2-0. In the second test, Elian Maykur scored twice (in the 7th and 57th minutes) and Heinrich Mertjens (in the 60th minute) scored for Germany. For the Indian team, Sukhjit Singh (34th and 48th minutes), captain Harmanpreet Singh (42nd and 43rd minutes) and Abhishek (45th minute) scored goals respectively. .
The match between India and Germany looks like this
India started the match aggressively and created many chances in the opening minutes but were unable to break through the German defence. Germany took the lead in the seventh minute when Elian Majkoor scored from a reverse shot from the right corner. Aditya almost scored two minutes later, but his shot from a pass by Jamanpreet Singh was saved by Germany goalkeeper Joshua N Onyeku.
After that, the Indian team got two consecutive corner kicks but failed to score. On the other hand, Lukas Windfeder’s shot from the first corner the German team got in the 12th minute also missed the target. A few minutes later, India were awarded a penalty corner and the home team tried a change of formation and Amit Rohidas in the 200th handed the ball to Harmanpreet, but his shot was saved by the German goalkeeper.
India failed to win a penalty corner during Germany’s counterattack. India got two more corners but failed to score. Germany got a corner kick two minutes before halftime. In the first 4 minutes of the second half, India played aggressively and scored 3 corner kicks, but failed to open an account.
Thereafter, Harmanpreet took two penalty corner kicks within a minute to give India the lead. Sukhjit scored in the 34th minute and Abhishek scored the fourth goal for India. In the 48th minute, Sukhjit made a long pass and ducked away from the German goalkeeper, and shot in the reverse direction. The corner kick awarded by the German team in the 54th minute was invalid. However, Germany closed the gap three minutes before the whistle with a goal from Makur.
India wins bronze medal at Paris Olympics
Let us tell you that the Indian men’s hockey team performed brilliantly at the Paris Olympics 2024 and won the bronze medal. India lost to Germany in the semi-finals. India then defeated Spain 2-1 in the bronze medal match. If seen, India won the bronze medal for the second time in a row. Previously, the Indian hockey team also successfully won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics (2020).
