Tokyo Olympics: India Men’s Hockey Team Captain Manpreet Singh Says Australia Defeat Was Wake-Up Call
Tokyo Olympics: India men’s hockey staff endured 1-seven defeat versus Australia in group stage match.© AFP
India men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh has said that the defeat versus Australia was a wake-up connect with for the staff at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics and they are now focusing on just one match at a time. On Thursday, the India men’s hockey staff defeated defending Olympic Champions Argentina three-1 in their fourth group A recreation below at Oi Hockey Stadium — North Pitch. With this win, the staff has qualified for the quarterfinals in the Olympics.
“Event is not in excess of. We have a match versus Japan tomorrow and there is so significantly still left. We will not be imagining about how we defeated defending Olympic champions tomorrow. We all played effectively and dominated the very first 3 quarters but even now, we skipped our prospects. Our defence did superior and we will carry this more in the event and will concentrate on tomorrow’s match,” Manpreet advised reporters right after the match.
“We produced a large amount of possibilities and we will get the job done on our final move. In the quarter-finals and match versus japan will be tough because they will be a superior staff and they will not give us straightforward prospects.”
Chatting about obtaining that brutal thrashing of seven-1 from Australia in the pool recreation, Manpreet pointed, “That was a wake-up connect with for us. We ended up pretty unhappy and we concentrated on our next matches.”
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“Clearly there is heat but someway we have an higher hand because there also we ended up schooling in the afternoon and below too our matches are scheduled before noon. That’s why we have an gain. But for all people the weather is very same.”
India will now encounter hosts Japan in their final Team A recreation at Oi Hockey Stadium on Thursday at three:00 pm IST.
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