Indian eves defeat Germany on European soils

Valencia (Spain), 23 February 2015: Indian girls led by veteran Ritu Rani have defeated Germany 2-1 in a hard fought match played at Valancia in Spain.

This was the last engagement for our girls in their European tour.

Thankfully, the Indian eves emerged victorious 2-1.

The Indian team is on the tour in preparation for the FIH World League Round 2, to be held in New Delhi from 07 – 15 March, 2015.

Both the teams started the match cautiously as neither team wanted to give the initial edge to the other. The teams made desperate attempts to strike goals but could not, the entire first half remaining barren.

It was Deepika who opened the score for Indian eves in the 40th minute by scoring a field goal.

Germany did not sit back, and pressed hard in search of equaliser. However, the Indian eves displaying some spectacular stick work, dominated the game and kept the ball in their possession for long spells. It was through the stick of Amandeep Singh who successfully converted the penalty corner in the 55th minute to double the lead for India.

Germany did not disappoint the spectators, and played with a single intention to score. It paid dividends, and helped open their score card.

Germany’s Marie Mavers finally broke the shackles and slapped the ball towards the nets and pumped in a lone goal through a field effort in the 59th minute taking the score to 2-1. Unable to add any further goals the game ended with India taking the win 2-1 against Germany.

Ambassador of India to Spain, Vikram Misri and the Secretary Chander Parkash Gandhi were seen enjoying the match and supporting the Indian eves to go for the win.