HHIL 2014 M No.20
Mumbai
0
VS
Ranchi
1
HHIL 2014 M No.20
Mumbai Vs Ranchi
2014-02-09 13:27:54
Commentary
70`
Others
RR survives the lead it had taken early in the match, MM again wasted its chances, but improved in parts, like not conceding many penalty corners which was its Achilles' heels in the opening part of the HHIL 2014.
69`
Others
Whole team joins attack, Gurjindder shot takes by Cortes, short rebound quickly cleared after Ravi Pal fumbles with it
69`
Penalty Corner
Gurjinder slap shot lead to MM's first PC, just 40 msec remained for the hooter
67`
Others
Chandan Singh collects a rebound from attacking forward inside D, Faisal Saari sprint upfront, and almost scored a goal, but dispossessed timely
66`
Others
Ravi Pal on the right gets good pass from midfield, but could not keep his slap shot low, dangerous, good move goes waste
65`
Others
Deavin dives in front of his own circle, to deny a good move constructed by RR
63`
Others
Reid Ross high flick, Harte anticipates early, palms away with both hands raised
62`
Penalty Corner
Birendra Lakra's cross, Vikas Choudhry waits for deflection in front of goalie, but it hits defender's foot, PC 2 for RR
56`
Others
Cortes saves Reid-Ross's low flick, gets the rebound straight back, takes another shot, a defender intercepts, the ball flies to right flank
55`
Penalty Corner
Amon Tirkey, playing first time in the match, surges from the right and earns first PC of the match
54`
Others
Manpreet plays around in the D, and even takes a shot at goal, wide though, as 4,5 defenders of MM watch the ball!
52`
Others
RARE First match so far no PCs were awarded till the end of third quarter
50`
Green Card
For Manpreet Singh of RR
47`
Others
RR goalie Francisco Cortes saves a good shot of Faizal Saari from the left of circle
46`
Others
MM players so lax that they allow Manpreet free run from D to D
45`
Others
Left winger Sarvanjit cross to D, but mispasses to waiting Kothajit, who clears
44`
Others
Bharat at last takes a shot at goal, to the right acute space, goalie Corets extends his right leg to deflect it
43`
Others
MM again messes up a good attack, loosing the ball to Kothajit ont he right of D, still attacking
42`
Others
After Vikas pillay does a good defensive work, Glen solo, inside D from left, but too much of holding, Birendra Lakra clears from him
38`
Others
Injured Ashley Jackson is still out of action
38`
Others
Gurjinder of MM shows his presence with a good work to set up Glen to attack, but he unable to trap properly at the top edge of D
36`
Others
Sarwanjit does lot of aerial ball handling, though not fruitful to the team's cause
35`
Others
HALF TIME
33`
Others
RR in control of the match, though not getting goals, indulges in lot of backplay to hold possession
31`
Others
Justin Reid Ross so close scoring again, as he gets pass from top of D, but his diagonal is too wide and goes beyond other side of the cage
29`
Others
Glen Turner runs fast, dodges many before a great forehand effected from top of edge, but high, even after beating goalie
25`
Others
Ashely Jackson gets the dose of physical push and jogging, he is injured, match stopped for a while
25`
Others
Sarvanjit could not trap a great slap shot coming from midfield from Deavin, rusty play from the international player of Sarwanjit's stature
23`
Others
Dixon takes a short push twice from close range, one more rebound push in, but the ball won't go in for MM
22`
Others
Floris Evers sets up from right side Somann, who could not go beyond a meter, loses possession
21`
Others
MM just misses a sitter, ball just missing the goal by a breadth of a hair
20`
Others
Vinaya denies attacking Somanna any space inside D, as he takes the ball deep inside D before clearing, stranding Somanna miday cluless of Vinaya's mvoes
18`
Others
Again much of struggle for Mumbai, as first QUARTER is completed
16`
Others
Vinaya good work at midfield, gets better of two markers, but gets no support upfront
15`
Others
Vinaya and Glen turner work for a good move, but the forward work outs are rusty for MM
13`
Others
Ranchi holds better ball possession
11`
Goal
After Vikas Pillay steals a ball from attacking defender, Reid Ross takes the rebound from 25-y area and whacks a full blooded forehand from top D, to strike the first goal of the match
10`
Others
Eduardo Arbos prominent in moves upfront fro the visitors
9`
Others
Kothajit backposses deep, to build a good move, it works, Vikas comes inbetween the attacker and goalkeeper to deny what looked a goal for RR
7`
Others
Bharat Chhikara's shot at goal, wide
6`
Others
Good stickwork by Ravi Pal and Vikas, Ashley loses his stick in tackling them, half-hearted PC demand by MM, umpire Simmons not interested
5`
Others
Ashley's classics, single handed hold on the ball, inside D, parts in time, but Tirkey misses the flight of the ball
4`
Others
Good attack from MM, a cross push across goal mouth, but a defender intercepts in front of goalie, to deny any elbow room for MM
4`
Others
Vinaya still with bandage on his face work hard at the back to keep MM possession
2`
Others
Vikas Pillay covers the ball with quick change of body, along the backline, to clear a combined RR attack, and gets plent of support
2`
Others
First entry in D goes for Somanna, attack weak though
1`
Others
Match starts
0`
Others
Teams are on the turf, match to start anytime from now
0`
Others
Umpires: Javed Sheik of India and Gary Simmons of South Africa
0`
Others
Ranchi Rhinos are defending champions, and till now stand upto the image
0`
Others
Mumbai is a struggling side like last year, and is yet to post a single win, all it has so far is a mere draw
0`
Others
This is Match No.20 of HHIL 2014
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