Olympic 2024: Apart from New Zealand and Argentina, the Indian team’s group includes Australia, Belgium and Ireland. India is third in the points table after 2 matches. Four teams from the group will go to the quarter-
IND vs ARG Hockey Match: The Pool B hockey match between India and Argentina at the Paris Olympics ended in a 1-1 draw. At one point in this match, it seemed that Argentina would win the match, but the Indian team changed the course of the match at the very last moment.
Actually, Team India was trailing 1-0 for about 58 minutes. But after this, the Indian players showed amazing spirit in the last minutes. Team India captain Harmanpreet Singh saved the team from defeat by scoring a goal with 2 minutes left. Even before this, he had given victory to the team by scoring a goal with 2 minutes left in the last match against New Zealand.
Argentina player Lucas Martinez scored in the 22nd minute.
Argentine player Lucas Martinez scored a goal in the 22nd minute of this match and gave his team a 1-0 lead. After this, the Indian players kept struggling to score a goal, but did not succeed. The Indian team also got a penalty corner, but failed to score a goal, however, after this, captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal on the penalty corner India got in the last minute and gave the team a draw. In fact, if Harmanpreet Singh had failed to score a goal, then Team India would have probably faced defeat. But this goal averted India’s defeat.
India will face Ireland on Tuesday
Earlier, the Indian team had defeated New Zealand. Now, the India-Argentina match ended in a draw. So far, India is undefeated in the tournament. India and Ireland will face each other on Tuesday. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the Indian team performs against Ireland?