harmanpreet singh| paris olympic india vs great britain hockey quarterfinal match analysis; pr sreejesh | amit rohidas | Analysis of India-Britain hockey match: India played with 10 players for 48 minutes, Britain could not break the defense; Sreejesh won by stopping 2 goals in the shootout

India has reached the semi-finals of men’s hockey at the Paris Olympics. The Indian team defeated Great Britain 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Sunday.

The India-Britain match at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Columbus remained tied at 1-1 till full time. The decision was made in penalty shootout. India scored 4 consecutive goals in the shootout. The British team was able to score only two goals. Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh was the hero of the victory, who saved 2 goals.

This victory of the Indian team is also important because the team was playing with only 10 players. India’s first rusher Amit Rohidas was out of the match for 48 minutes in 60 minutes. He was shown a red card by the referee in the 12th minute. However, this decision of the referee became controversial. Former Indian Olympian Jugraj Singh said that giving a yellow card for this foul was enough.

Match analysis in 5 points…

1. Scored every penalty attempt
In the shootout, Indian strikers scored goals on every opportunity, while the British missed two attempts. In the first attempt, Indian captain Harmanpreet scored a goal and gave India a 1-0 lead. Then Britain’s James Elvery scored a goal and equalized the score to 1-1. Sukhjeet Singh scored a successful goal in the second attempt, on the other hand, England’s Jack Wallis scored a goal and again equalized the score to 2-2.

Lalit Upadhyay scored in the third attempt and gave India a 3-2 lead. Here Britain’s Conor Williamson missed the goal. In the fourth attempt, Rajkumar Pal managed to score a goal by beating Britain’s goalkeeper, while Philip Roper also missed. In this way India won 4-2.

2. Sreejesh’s amazing performance, saved 11 penalty corners
India’s experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh stood like a wall in front of the goal post. He made two successful saves in the penalty shootout. Not only this, Britain got 11 penalty corners during the match, but Sreejesh made successful saves on all occasions.

Sreejesh said after the match- ‘I told myself that this could be my last match or if I save it, I can play 2 more matches here. I am happy with the victory.’

Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh saved 11 penalty corners during the match.

3. Red card to Rohidas, power of 10 in last 48 minutes
In the 12th minute of the match, the referee showed a red card to Indian team’s first pacer Amit Rohidas. From here on, the Indian team played with 10 players for the last 48 minutes and conceded just one goal.

Let us tell you that the role of the first rusher becomes important in defending the penalty corner, because when the striker of the opponent team takes a shot, it is the responsibility of the first rusher to deflect the ball.

The referee showed the red card to Amit Rohidas in the 12th minute.

4. Harmanpreet’s captaincy
Harmanpreet scored a goal from a penalty corner in the 22nd minute to give India a 1-0 lead. Not only this, she also scored the first goal during the penalty shootout.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored in the 22nd minute to give India a 1-0 lead.

5. India’s amazing defense
After Amit Rohidas received a red card, the Indian team’s defense was amazing. During the match, Britain’s players entered the Indian D 24 times, but our defenders conceded a goal on only one occasion. The Indian team played with 10 players for the last 48 minutes.