The Indian men’s hockey team played its second match in the Paris Olympics 2024 against Argentina, which ended in a 1-1 draw. In this match played on July 29, Lucas Martinez scored a goal for Argentina in the 22nd minute. Whereas for India, Harmanpreet Singh scored an important goal on the penalty corner in the 59th minute of the game.
The Indian team, which won the Olympic medal in Tokyo after 41 years, will now play Ireland in the next match of Pool B on July 30. The Indian team had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in its first match. Apart from India, Pool-B has New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium and Australia. Whereas Pool-A includes Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa and host country France. Four teams each from both the groups will reach the quarter finals.
The #MenInBlue stage a dramatic late come-back in their second Men’s Hockey Group Stage match at the #Paris2024Olympics and secure a 1-1 draw against Argentina.
India will play Ireland on July 30. pic.twitter.com/OkpQmPBpGm
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 29, 2024
Argentina could not score on penalty stroke
No goals were scored in the first quarter of this match. However, both the teams definitely got one penalty corner each. Then Argentina won the second quarter. In the 7th minute of the second quarter, Lucas Martinez hit a powerful shot from the right flank and Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh could not save. Earlier in the same quarter, India had got three consecutive penalty corners, but the goal could not be scored. Argentina was leading 1-0 at halftime.
After halftime the Argentine team made some good moves. In the 37th minute of the game, Argentina had a golden opportunity to score on the penalty stroke, but Maco Casella could not score. Casella hits the ball outside the post. In such a situation, the Indian team heaved a sigh of relief. In this quarter, India also had a chance to score a goal at the penalty corner, but it missed the opportunity. Argentina also missed two penalty corners.
India got a total of 10 penalty corners
Even in the last quarter there was a fierce competition between the two teams. Well, at one time it seemed that the Indian team might not lose because till the 57th minute it was trailing 0-1 in the match. After this, India got four consecutive penalty corners between the 58th and 59th minutes. Harmanpreet could not score a goal on three attempts, but in the end the captain saved India’s honor by converting the corner.
If seen, the Indian team got 10 penalty corners in this match, out of which it was able to convert only one into a goal. Now India should not have any problem in winning the match against Ireland. But to win against Belgium and Australia, he will have to perform his best. India will face Ireland on 30th July, Belgium on 1st August and Australia on 2nd August.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
goalkeeper😛 R Sreejesh.
defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay.
midfielder: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
alternative player : Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak.