Indian hockey team won bronze in Paris
Indian Hockey Team won Bronze: The Indian hockey team has won another medal in the Olympics. The hockey team has won the match by defeating Spain in the bronze medal match. The Indian team scored a total of 2 goals against Spain, while the Spanish team could score only one goal. The Indian team had earlier won the bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well. Earlier, if we talk about the history of the Olympics, India had won consecutive medals i.e. back to back in the years 1968 and 1972. After this, there was never an opportunity that India won a medal in hockey twice in a row. But now India has repeated history. That is, India’s golden era seems to be coming back, even if only in the form of a bronze medal. India has now won a total of four medals in this Olympics. However, all these medals are bronze only.
Team India made a comeback after conceding the first goal
Talking about the match, Spain scored the first goal in the first quarter itself. The Indian team had to bear the brunt of a slight mistake. Spain got a penalty stroke, which Spain converted into a goal. This was a heart-breaking matter for Indian fans. After this, when the second quarter was about to end, India got a penalty corner 30 seconds before that. Which captain Harmanpreet Singh converted into a goal. Shortly before this also India got a penalty corner, at that time Harmanpreet Singh did not take the command in his hands. He gave a chance to Amit Rohitash. But that goal could not be scored. This shocked India’s hopes, but the pain did not last long and Harmanpreet made a comeback. With this the match came to a draw. Half the game ended there.
Indian team adopted an aggressive stance
After this, when the third quarter started, the Indian team adopted an aggressive stance. About 5 minutes later, India got another penalty chance. This time too, captain Harmanpreet herself took the charge. Harmanpreet scored another goal. This gave India the lead. That is, India was trailing in the beginning of the match, but now it was ahead. That is, the possibility of victory started from here. After this, both teams kept trying to score goals. They also got a penalty corner, but did not succeed. The last 5 minutes were a very interesting match. Both teams were looking aggressive, but did not succeed in scoring goals.
The Indian team performed brilliantly throughout the tournament
The teams of India and Spain have managed to reach the semi-finals by performing well so far. However, both the teams had to face defeat in their respective semi-finals. While the Indian team suffered a close defeat to Germany, the Spanish team lost an almost one-sided match against the Netherlands. That is, India had an edge here too. The Indian hockey team had earlier won the bronze medal in the Olympics played in Tokyo in the year 2020. India had also made it to the semi-finals that year by showing excellent performance, but there too it lost one match before the race for gold and silver. After this, the bronze medal was played between India and Germany, where the Indian hockey team won the match and won the bronze medal.
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