The India women hockey team continued showing its spirit by giving a great performance full of confidence in the second match as well. The team again leads the second match with a score of INDIA 5-0 MALAYSIA.
Below are the highlights of the match:
Quarter 1 – In the very first quarter the PC was awarded to team India. Great shots were made at the goal but saved by the opposing team. Vandana gave great shots at the goal but missed and finally the first goal was by Navneet in the 12th minute. The score at the end of the 1st quarter was INDIA 1-0 MALAYSIA.
Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, Vandana did a great shot again without a miss and scored a goal in the 20th minute making the score INDIA 2-0 MALAYSIA. Followed by this, Navneet did another goal in the 29th minute by making the opposing team aggressive for goals. So with the end of the first half, the score was INDIA 3-0 MALAYSIA.
Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, both the team were finding out ways to score a goal. Great shots were given but no goal was scored by both the teams and the score remained 3-0 at the end of this quarter.
Quarter 4 – In the fourth quarter, 2 consecutive goals were scored by Lalremsiami and Nikki Pradhan in the 54th and 55th minute respectively. So the overall score comes out to be INDIA 5-0 MALAYSIA.
So, that’s all about the highlights of the match. Well done Team India!
Though the team wins the match, the Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne said that the performance of the team was good but there is still a room for improvement as there were technical mistakes in the game. Hoping to improve those in the upcoming matches.
The next match will be on 8th April’19 at 17:35 hrs (Indian Standard Time)
