India Match No.5

India

Belgium

India Match No.5

India 0 Belgium 3

2012-08-07 18:15:57

Commentary

70`

Others

A flattering score for Belgium; India paid again for poor display inside the circle. As the game proceeded, Indians had their own spells of aggression, but did not utilize their chances. Its second win for Belgium and collects its second three points. India finishes its campaign in the league without a point.

69`

Others

India almost concedes another goal, lucky not to

67`

Goal

A on the run, reverse hand shot, even as Danish overshadows him, the last nail in the Indian coffin

65`

Others

Indians are all over the place, a high fast ball from from Dharamvir to Chandi, who oversees rolling it across the goalmouth!

64`

Others

Ind counter attack, Sardar to Tushar, but he is tackled near the left backline, ball with Sardar, back passes, India on attack

63`

Others

Belgium matches Indian fury, Raghunath intercepts timely and averts a goal

62`

Others

Three attacks by India, yet the ball refuse to go inside, hard luck, India continue to attck, even as chandi unable to trap a high ball

61`

Others

In the counter attack, Chetri deflects a close ball with his left leg, the ball hits the side bar goes out of play

60`

Others

India do lot of back passes, and construct moves upfront, a great reverse hand shot from op of D by Gurbaj, but high, goalie vincent also equally good at blocking it

59`

Others

Ind again misses a sitter; a forward fail to tap in what seemed a slow rebound from goalie, in a moment later India attacks again, ball inside the Bel circle, but chandi dispossessed

58`

Others

lot of midfield play, Chetri very good, blocks full blooded shot of two Belgians

56`

Others

Indians have to be precise inside the circle, which they are not now

55`

Others

India allows a diagonal pass in the circle go unattended

55`

Others

Indian referral stands, goal not given

54`

Referral

a feeble high, scoops, goalie applies stick, the ball gets deflected and bouonce into the goal, what appears the goal, India goes for referral

54`

Others

India trips Amvel, concedes a freehit, Bel gathers dangerously at Ind circle

52`

Others

Good transfer of the ball, fast running, more attacks, still India unable to strike goal

50`

Others

India show urgency and regroup to attck

48`

Others

Correction: Indian goalie is Chetri, not Sreejesh as mentioned.

48`

Others

A good Indian attack, but the shot very high and no danger for Bel goalie, though he was alone in defending

46`

Others

no goalie in the world would have saved it, as he would also rely on his defenders who surround him

46`

Goal

As the entire Indian defence stand rooted, and watching the ball, a rebound from Manpreet tapped in by Gautheir, what a bad defence by India

45`

Others

Tushar good at one to one, send the ball into the circle from left wing, Shivender again slow to intercept

44`

Others

Sreejesh anticipate Belgian shot and take it on his body, a freak Bel attack blunted

43`

Others

For each Indian forward in the bel circle, there seems two bel defenders, as they easily cover another Ind attack

42`

Others

Bel traps long Indian pass, still India manages an attack, poor game inside the D, Bel cool and clears

41`

Others

Game slow

41`

Others

midfield battle for the ball, Sandeep unleashes a carpet push, ball in the circle without any tackler there

39`

Others

Sandeep Singh's towards centre flick, goalie Vincent upto the task, comes up and palms it easily with his stick, what an eye he has

38`

Others

Excellent TV action replay, how both sticks move frame by frame, Referral rejected, India will take the PC

38`

Referral

Other umpire to come and join the discussion, Video referral

38`

Penalty Corner

After missing another two sitters, India gets a PC which the Belgium players dispute. Its a stick check on Chandi

37`

Others

Danish wriggles himself out of four chasing midfielders and put Gurbaj on attack on the right wing, ball inside the circle, Sunil uses all his skills to bring it to the brim and back pass to Chandi, who was unsighted, usual ball watching by Indian forward

36`

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Second half starts

35`

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HALF TIME

34`

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Sandeep sends a hard push into the Bel circle, no takers

34`

Others

Good effort by India, Shivender, the last man to receive a diagonal cross in the circle, casual, could not deflect or trap the sliding ball near the left backline. A sure goal situation goes abegging

32`

Others

Danish and Sunil combine well, India gets a long corner, no use, Raghunath latches on to a loose ball, his push into the circle goes unattended.

31`

Others

India reorganizes well, overcrowd Bel forwards, but the three men defence of Belgium is impregnable for India

30`

Others

India's long clearnce lands at the stick of bel deep defender. Bel works on counter attacks, and often enters the Indian D.

29`

Others

SK Kuttappa comes in as substitute

29`

Others

Indian defence do well

28`

Others

India attack, Sardar takes the ball inside the circle, after goalie, the ball comes back to Sardar, but uncharacteristically he takes a high shot and let slip the opportunity, ball flies high and falls well beyond backline

26`

Others

the flick was too high, umpire considers dangerous, and India survives

25`

Penalty Corner

Meanwhile, in a light counter attack, India concdes a PC, a on the run hit, lands on the body of Manpreet in the circle

24`

Others

Great combined move from opponent's D, Sunil takes the last shot, one to one situation, great shot it was , but goalie Vanachi equally upto the task, Indian effort very good, though goal not coming out of it

23`

Others

Birender takes a hit, Shivender tries to deflects, the ball just an inch away from left post. India does everything but scoring

22`

Others

Dharamvir push, danish stops, indiret tried, with sandeep giving back to Injector, Dharam could not put inside , in the follow thorugh ball hits the postm and another shot rises, the third attempt was also good, but the ball was allowed to roll across the goalmoouth

21`

Penalty Corner

India gets its first PC of the deceptive push of Sandeep Singh that landed inside the circle and hit a defender

20`

Others

Gurbaj and sandeep Singh combine well to to safeguard the ball, and help India to launch an attack, India hit-in, with a Belgian getting green card suspension

19`

Others

Poor game inside the circle by India, ball rises dangerously

18`

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Sardar comes in time to clear a danger

17`

Others

A feeble attack from India, that results in a counter attack, Charlier sends a cross flick, that just misses the top inside of the net. Bel in command of the situation. ,

16`

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Belgium again on attack, again from their left wing, India leaves lot of gaps

15`

Goal

Sardar Singh's hurreid miss-pass,ball into the Indian circle, timely clearance by a defender, danger averted, Belgium show urgency and Jersey No. 5 hits from the top of the circle into the other side of the net, ScorerK Jereome Deysker

12`

Others

Flick hits the body of Sandeep Singh, the first charger, and the ball falls beyond circle, and India clears the PC

12`

Penalty Corner

Gurbaj concedes a penalty corner

10`

Others

Bel ups the pace

Others

Ball in the Indian 25-yard area

Others

Indian forwards surrounded by red-shirts and not ing much room, even as a Sunil's one handed attempt to divert the ball from backline into attack goes awry, though he gets a share of attack for his quick reflext

Others

Belgium attack, one to one situation Birendra Lakra body-tackles and avoids a shot at goal by Bel forward

Others

Sardar in control of things, another deceptive upfront pass from him, a midfielder tries in vain to deflect it on the run, but ball goes beyond sidelines

Others

A freak entry into the circle by India, Indian forward carried

Others

India has the better of exchanges

Others

belgium attacks from left winge, ball into Indian D, Ind defence clears and a counter attack results, with Danish surges to the right flag area

Others

India holds the ball in its own territory, Dharamvir breaks away, Manpreet sends a cross from right, hits the sidenetting, even as Chandi try to intercept

Others

Slow give and take

Others

Nice to see so much crowd to witness the match

Others

Match commences

Others

The match will commence in 10 minutes time

Others

Some statistical facts:

It is for the first time India lost four matches continuously in any tournament, more so at Olympics

India likely to finish either 11th or 12th. This is the lowest in Olympic ranking for India. The previous lowest was 8th at Atlanta in 1996

Others

India can regain some image if it can win today. In the older format, which was in vogue till 2008, two wins in last two matches can give three positions up from bottom. Now, the last placed teams of both pool will meet other to decide the 11th position, previously 6th placed team of one pool played the fifth placed team of other pool. The winners would play for 9th and 10th, while the losers for the 11th position.

Others

Belgium is coached by Australian great Colin Batch, he has certainly transformed the side into a crack outfit.

Others

Belgium performed reasonably well in London, drawing New Zealand and defeating Korea. It went down narrowly (2-3) to Germany

Others

Belgium is an emerging European power. It has defeated Germany in the 2007 European Cup in the bronze match, thereby forcing Germany to play in the Olympic Qualifier in 2008. (However, Germany went on to win the Olympics at Beijing).

Others

India will take on Belgium in its fifth and final match of the league. The match is of inconsequential to India, as it will any case finish at the bottom of the table. Belgium has already 4 points, a win will boost Belgium its ranking

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