The Indian males’s hockey staff might need received its FIH Pro League double-header towards England however head coach Graham Reid just isn’t fully happy with its efficiency, particularly the tendency of permitting opponents to come back again into the sport.
India pulled off wins in each the video games towards England, successful the primary one within the shootout after being locked 3-3 within the regulation time earlier than registering a 4-3 victory within the second on Sunday.
With the dual wins, India climbed to the highest of the Pro League desk, with 21 factors in 10 video games thus far.
“We appear to have a behavior of not ending these video games when we’ve got management of them. We let the opposite staff get again into it. But I suppose that is hockey these days. In the third quarter, we misplaced management a bit and we have to look into that,” Reid stated.
“The corners went in tonight and we had opportunities to try some variations. It was a really good fight with them and our boys showed a good heart and good spirits. Games like these help in building characters. And it’s always good to come out on top,” the coach added.
India subsequent play towards Germany on the similar Kalinga Stadium in one other two-legged tie on April 14 and 15.
“It’s good to win and attain high of the desk, however now we’ve got to arrange for Germany, who’re additionally a really powerful staff. They will all the time deliver a aggressive staff. They are an amazing hockey nation. So, we are able to sit up for some good video games arising in two weeks,” Reid stated.
Harmanpreet, who scored a hat-trick within the second match, stated he was completely happy to have helped within the staff’s successful trigger.
“My purpose has all the time been to attain targets for the good thing about the staff. Even if I rating one or two targets, or do not rating any, I all the time look to assist the staff in any which method I can. All my targets are memorable for me and are my favourite ones – as a result of I scored them for India,” Harmanpreet stated.
“England are a very good team, they did not give up till the last minute. But we also performed well to keep our calm.
“It is also a learning lesson for us that we need to maintain our lead and the pressure in the match so that we can play freely in the final two quarters,” he added.
Captain Amit Rohidas stated that the 4-3 win over England on Sunday has given the gamers a substantial amount of confidence.
“We have gained lots of confidence. Everybody within the staff is making their contribution and we’re displaying an amazing staff effort,” Rohidas stated.
“I’m having fun with main the staff and it has been an amazing studying expertise for me. But, greater than that, everybody within the staff desires to play for the good thing about the staff, and that has been a extremely good factor to see previously few video games.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
