20th Match Hockey World Cup 2018 (Men's)
Odisha Hockey World Cup
Bhubaneswar 2018 (Men’s)
IND Vs CAN
India Beat The Canada
Match Highlights
v Harmanpreet, Lalit Upadhyay, Chinglensana, Amit Rohidas scored for India
v India took the top spot in Pool C thanks to a superior goal difference
Bhubaneswar, India: India demolished Canada 5-1 in their last Pool C match to earn a direct quarter-final berth at the men's hockey World Cup here on Saturday.
With this result, India topped their pool with seven points from three matches. Only the group winners are get direct entry into the quarter-finals in this edition of the World Cup.
Harmanpreet Singh (12th minute), Chinglensana Singh (46th), Lalit Upadhyay (47th, 57th), Amit Rohidas (51st) scored for India.
Floris van Son had given Canada a glimmer of hope with an excellently created equaliser in the 39th minute.
European giants Belgium, who had thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the day's other Pool C match earlier in the evening also finished the group stage with seven points from their full quota of three matches.
But India took the top spot in Pool C thanks to a superior goal difference.
Up against the much stronger Indian team whose every action was loudly cheered by the partisan local crowd, the Canadians put up a stubborn, disciplined performance and frustrated the hosts for the first three quarters.
But the Indians blew away their opponents in the final quarter to claim waht eventually turned out to be a one-sided affair.
The Indians dominated the opening quarter put pressure on the Canadian defence right from the start. They made their domination count when Harmanpreet powered home a penalty corner to give India the lead.
Despite falling behind, Canada played better in the second period. They allowed very few clear chances to the hosts and also created several scoring chances.
Post a Comment