Indian Hockey Team lose to Belgium. (Twitter)
The Indian crew went down 2-7 in a tame efficiency towards Olympic champions Belgium on Saturday as the boys in blue put up a feeble displaying of their second match of the event in Valencia.
The Indian males’s hockey crew produced a listless present to go down 2-7 towards Olympic champions Belgium of their second match of the 5 Nations Tournament in Valencia, Spain on Saturday.
Abhishek and Jugraj Singh had been the 2 objective-scorers for India.
The first quarter noticed Belgium off the blocks and operating very quickly scoring three fast objectives, courtesy Cedric Charlier (1’), Alexander Hendrickx (10’) and Thibeau Stockbroekx (13’) to place India on the backfoot.
Belgium additional prolonged the lead after one other objective from Thibeau Stockbroekx (16’) early within the second quarter.
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Abhishek (18’) scored a area objective for India nevertheless it was adopted by one other objective from Tom Boon (26’) as India had been left trailing 1-5.
Close to the top of the second quarter, Jugraj Singh (27’) transformed a penalty nook for India because the rating learn 5-2 in favour of Belgium at half-time.
No objectives had been scored within the third quarter regardless of each the groups making use of fixed stress on one another.
Boon (46’) transformed a penalty nook early within the fourth quarter to increase the lead for Belgium by 4 objectives earlier than Hendrickx (53’) adopted it up afterward with one other objective.
The Indians had been unable to transform the 2 penalty corners they had been awarded within the closing quarter because the match ended with them dropping 2-7. India will subsequent play Germany on December 19.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
