India vs Germany
The Indian hockey team is all set for its semi-final match in the Olympics, and in this match they will face world champion Germany. The Indian team defeated Great Britain in its quarter-final match on Sunday, August 4. With the victory in this match, the Indian hockey team reached the semi-finals of the Olympics for the second consecutive time. Team India’s quarter-final match was surrounded by a lot of controversies. In fact, the Indian team played the match for more than 45 minutes with only 10 players because Amit Rohidas was given a red card by the referee.
India’s amazing performance in the quarter finals
It was not easy for Team India to play the match with 10 players. India still kept the match at 1-1 till the full tile on the basis of its strong defense and finally won the match by a margin of 4-2 in the shootout. In the penalty shootout, Sreejesh once again proved why he is the best in this game. Apart from the penalty shootout, he saved many goals for India during the match.
Expect an exciting contest
Now the ground is ready for the semi-finals and when it comes to knockout matches, the history of India and Germany is quite old. Many exciting matches have been played between the two teams. India won the bronze medal by defeating Germany in the Olympics 2020. In such a situation, let us know how has been the record of Team India against Germany. At the same time, who is stronger than whom in the history of Olympics.
Head to head record of India and Germany
So far 105 matches have been played between India and Germany, in which Germany is ahead 53-25. 27 matches have been drawn. In these matches, India has scored 174 goals while Germany has scored 227 goals. The most famous match between these two giants in recent times was the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. India won a thrilling 5-4 victory thanks to the last moment stop made by Sreejesh from PC in the last moments of the match. India has won 5 out of the last 6 matches between these two teams. The last match between the two was in the FIH Pro League, where Germany won 3-2. Talking about the Olympics, a total of 12 matches have been played between the two countries. Where Team India has won 5 and Germany has won 4 matches. At the same time, three matches were drawn.
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