India Match No.3
India
2
VS
Germany
5
India Match No.3
Ind v Germany
2012-08-03 15:55:37
Commentary
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Defending champions Germany outplay India on all areas of the game. India failed again with PCs, as it could convert only once out of 5. It also successfully defended 3 PCs. One shot of India hit the post. Overall, Germany was on a different class compared to India.
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FULL TIME: India loses 2-5.
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India lose the referral, as TV replay shows the ball hitting the right leg of Raghnath. however, Germans fail to convert the PC, Raghunath injured and the hooter
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India saves as 10s remain
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Penalty Corner
PC for Germany. India's appeal rejected.
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Referral
PC for Germany. India have asked for a referral.
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India goes for referral
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Germans go through the motions, allowing India some leeway, and finally when they make a single inroad, this lead to PC, their third, just 30 sec remaining for the hooter
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Raghunath's long pass as Danish's fails to deflects correctly close to German post. India miss a chance.
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Raghunath sends a good push, danish intercepts and deflects, jut misses the target
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Long corner for India, as sardar try to take the ball into the circle, and India attacking, seriously
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India is attacking more in the past few minutes.
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A german cross, Fuchs try to intercept at the middle of the circle, fails,
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Chetri clears a move by running up and kicking it hard. Good work!
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Tushar shield the ball across the backline, turns carefully and send the ball into the net through the legs of goalie, a relief for India, in the coutner attack, Chetri clears the ball at top of D.
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Goal
India pulls one back, score: 5-2. Tushar takes time and gently pushes the ball towards the Germany cage. Ball rolls in between the legs of the German goalie.
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Green Card
to German player.
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Poor clearance by Gurbaj gives a free-hit to Germany in their quarter
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Dharamvir gets the ball and moves into the German circle keeping a close watch on this players. He releases the ball only to be blocked the German defenders.
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Sandeep' slow medium high drag, no danger, as it rolls straight to the left leg goalie.
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Where's the power in the flick? Sandeep's flick is extremely poor and is blocked by goalkeeper's foot.
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chandi's cross into the D, kuttappa could not put it in, ground work done by Manpreet, lead to India's another PC
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Penalty Corner
PC for India as the ball rises from Muller's stick.
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A cool tackle by Birendra Lakra
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flick goes high above the Indian post. Chetri comes in for Sreejesh.
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Sreejesh replaced with Bharat Chetri, after the injury
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Penalty Corner
Series of Germany attacks, each one of them equally threatening. They finally earn a PC
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German attack, first shot stopped by sreejesh, second by manpreet, but the ball rises high, leading to German's second PC
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India again leaves the cage open, a german attack just hits the side netting, in the process Sreejesh trips and in pain, game stopped
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India intercepts a German clearance near their own circle, Germans face heat from India
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Free hit for India outside the German circle.
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India makes a couple of attacks, but the German defense alert
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India persist in the German circle and try various moves but Sunil looses the ball eventually
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Sunil sends cracker of a cross, no forward to deflect, as it rolled across the goalmouth harmlessly, India still on attack
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Raghunath's grounder, goalie blocks
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Raghunath's low flick is blocked easily by the German GK
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manpreet plays a solo, exercise excellent control, and from left flank put the ball on a defender and earns 4th PC for India, great job by Manpreet indeed.
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Penalty Corner
PC for India: Long haul by Manpreet on the left flank, as he releases the ball at the back line, he earns one for India.
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Lovely cross pass by Sardara, on the run, to Sunil on the right. He passes it to Chandi at the goalmouth. Chandi isn't able to do much. Chance missed for India.
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India on attack again a parallel pass from backline, Chandi misses, giving away a counter attack.
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a good defence spiliting pass from midfield, too fast Sunil ar right wing could not trap
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Germany rotate the ball amongst themselves.
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Brilliant work by Sardara in the midfield as he tries to initiate a feeder for the forwards. German defense foil the move.
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Sardar'solo India on attack, ball in the German circle
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German GK saves Sandeep's high flick.
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India brings cheers, Tushar try to shied and send the close range ball into the cage, but tackled, that lead to ball raising, India gets it 3rd PC, Sandeep takes
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Penalty Corner
Tushar gets a PC for India.
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Others
Germans won both their previous matches with a single goal margin, and they need good number of goals to firm up their standing. It seems they are on their target here against India
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German misses a clear chance, as the hit from top of D, and the three shots that followed just missed the cage, and as the ball hits Sandeep, Germany gets its first PC
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Penalty Corner
Sandeep carries the ball. PC for Germany
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Sardar Singh gives a brief breakthrough and puts Sunil on the run, though he is dispossed near top of the cricle
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Goal
Germany scores: score 5-1
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Germans in control of things, even as India plays a full pledged defensive game
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Sreejesh comes out of the cage early, Florain Fuchs punishes him with a high ball, that landed at the centre of the open cage, score 5-1
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Second half commences
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India played about first 15 minutes with a degree of control, after that the Germans took control. Always, Indian defenders outnumbered Germans in their own circle, but left holes in the cage.
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The defending champions just miss another goal, a diagonal push just misses the left corner of the net, even as Sreejesh try to nudge it with his right leg
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Half time.
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Goal
Germany goes 4-1. It was 3 Germans v many Indians, still Christopher Wesley scores.
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pace of the game come low, but Germans precise, as low intensity attack yield the German a goal, Wessley gently sending a reverse push into the goal amidst the maze of Indian defenders, goal cage often left open making the scoring process easy
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Gurbaj connects to Chandi in the circle but Chandi is sloppy and is dispossessed immediately
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India builds a move, from right flank and still attacking
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Tushar's feeble reverse hit in front of the German cage goes misdirected and much high above the cage.
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Tushar comes in
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Germans have covered almost each and every Indian forward. They have little space to do anything when ball comes in their direction.
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India try to control the damage, try to hold the ball, and makes inroads from right flank
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Gurbaj looses the ball in the right flank as he keeps dribbling it, as other players wait in the German circle.
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Benjamin Weiss traps a weak clearance from GK, and scoops into the D, even as three Indian defenders hurry up to clear the ball,s core 3-1 now
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Goal
Germany leads 3-1. WITTHAUS Matthias make monkeys out of Indian defenders as KORN Oliver hits a loose ball. It was waiting to happen, in a way
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Sreejesh saves a high hit from DEECKE Oskar. Germany is on a plunder in the Indian circle. Indians are unable to keep they away.
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Sreejesh does a stellar role, as he is kept busy, and thwarts three shots
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German still attack, Indians pack heir defence, and outnumber
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WITTHAUS Matthias sits merrily on the left of Indian cage, the ball reaches him and he tries a deflection; he is unlucky as he fails to cleanly deflect.
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German use a flurry of set piece to bemuse Indians, pushes into the circle, and geometric deflections are galore, though India twice lucky not to concede goals in the last two minutes
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Germany almost score.
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3 german forwards against six defenders in the Ind 25-yard area, still they seem sharper, a carpet push of christopher zeller off from Philip Zeller just misses the target, India survives
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Lakra is in as Dharamvir goes out.
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raghunath comes up to midfield and try to accelerate the attack of India
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Sunil is out and makes way for Shivendra
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Goal
Germany pull one back, 2-1. FUCHS Florian beats everyone in the circle and scores a brilliant field goal
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A freak and easy goal for Germans, in one to one Sreejesh takes in the body, ball rises high, German forward Fuchs taps the high ball, even as a defender goes to the cage to safeguar, the ball enters the empty cage
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Chandi comes in as Shivendra goes out
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India's attacking brand of hockey pay off, as the match is now on even keel
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Goal
India equalizes 1-1. Raghunath's flick is way left of German GK. He went to his left, flick went right.
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Raghunath strikes back, goal 1-1, aims left corner of the cage
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Penalty Corner
Sunil and Shivendra get it for India as they came very close to the German goalmouth.
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In a meeleer, sunil from backline sends a diagonal to centre of D, where danish try to retrieve the ball from a defender and is successful in getting team's second PC
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Shivendra goes down on the run in the right flank, following a pass from Danish. He has little support in the center flank. He tries to earn a PC, earns a long corner instead. Thereafter, India looses possession.
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Danish and Shivender take the ball into the cricle, gets a long corner, still on attack
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ball held up in the midfield, German indulging in their famous back pass sequences
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Goal
Germany go up 1-0: Almost a self goal by India. Sreejesh blocked the angle successively but FUCHS Florian reverse flick, which wouldn't have entered the post from that acute angle, gets deflected off Tirkey's legs and enters the Indian cage.
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In one to one situation, Sreejesh comes out clear, India survives a scare
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Max Weinhold saves Sandeep's grounded, low-speed flick. He was never in control of it. India miss a chance.
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Indian takes the PC, as Umpires decision is held, but Sandeep's grounder deflected by the goalie near the goaline, he dives to his left full length and with the stick clears straight
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Max Weinhold saves Sandeep's flick.
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India gets a PC after Shivender places the ball on the foot of Muller near the backline, abovin the counter attack, German goes for Referral, Korean umpire wait for the decision
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Penalty Corner
PC awarded to India. Germany have lost their referrals for the game.
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Referral
Germany asks for a referral for a PC awarded to India
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Chetri, Gurbaj in the bench, German on attack, again Sreejesh tri to save, but Fuchs manages to send a cross, after retriving from goalie, ball bounces into the cage after hitting an Indian forward
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Germany persist in the Indian quarter.
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Sandeep shows his ability to rough play, elbows a forward, changes the course of the match in favour of India, Indian show purposeful in attack
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Mad run by Sunil in the right flank and he sends panic in the German circle.Shivendra misses his shot at the German goalmouth.
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Germany has taken a reverse shot at the Indian cage but Sreejesh charges up and covers it very well.
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India shows urgency and combine well to make a good move, but in the back pass process, Sandeep Singh is dispossed, German surges into the circle, takes a sliding hit, which is taken on the body by Indian goalie, India survives
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Brilliant work by Sunil as he enters the German circle but no one manages to trap his close pass. India miss a sure chance.
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Germany has been coached by Markus Weiss, who has the distinction of bringing gold for both German men and women teams. A unique record
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Germany has already come very close to the Indian cage in the 1st minute. Nothing concrete comes out.
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Germany attack from the word go, Indian goalie comes up and palms it away
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Match underway
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Both teams have lined up and their national anthem just completed
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India Germany match about to start
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