Hockey World Cup 2023 | After starting their 2023 Hockey World Cup marketing campaign with a win, the Indian Hockey crew is now gearing up for a giant problem of their Pool D recreation. The hosts, India clinched the primary recreation towards Spain by 2-0 as Hardik Singh and Amit Rohidas starred. Being positioned on the second spot in Pool D, Harmanpreet Singh’s troops will tackle England on fifteenth January and the Indian coach Graham Reid is conscious of the problem awaiting them.Â
“We are up against England next and it will be tougher, they are ranked higher than us. We know how tough England are in the Commonwealth Games. So, we will try to continue our good work (from the Spain match). We did really well defensively (against Spain), we have to continue it,” Reid mentioned.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh agreed that England would be powerful opponents and that the house facet will need to play their finest hockey to beat them. “We are taking it match by match. Spain is done now and our focus is on England and we are planning for that. Winning penalty corners is very important and we can be better in PC conversion. We are hoping we will do better in that regard,” Singh mentioned. “Once again, we need a team effort. We have to make up for those who do not do that well on a particular day,” he added.
Rohidas, who began studying his hockey from the Panposh Sports Hostel in Rourkela, mentioned execution of crew plans will be key to successful matches. “I started from the Panposh sports hostel here and playing at home is a wonderful feeling. The support from such a large crowd motivated us but once we are on the pitch we try to focus on the game,” he mentioned.
“It is a team effort and because of the team, I got the chance to score in front of the home crowd which included my family members. We are not under pressure and the key to our success will be to execute the plans of the team.” Rohidas was within the good place to slam the ball residence previous a hapless Spain goalkeeper after Harmanpreet’s drag flick rebounded from the stick of a defender. Hardik later made a solo run to attain India’s second objective.
