India Defeat Argentina 3-1 To Reach Men’s Hockey Quarter-Finals At Tokyo Olympics

Mumbai: India men’s hockey team defeated defending Olympic champions Argentina 3-1 in their fourth Group A match.

With this win, the Indian men’s hockey team has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

India started the match at a good pace as the defenders gave the defending champions no clear chance to find that momentum in the midfield. Dilpreet Singh had the best chance for India in quarter one but the Argentine goalkeeper saved it well.

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India’s finishing was not clinical in the second quarter as well and it remained scoreless even after the end of the first half.

In the third quarter, pressure from the Indian forward brought the team the much-needed breakthrough after Varun Kumar converted a very well-worked penalty corner.

In the final minutes of the quarter, Graham Reid’s men were close to doubling their lead, but Argentine goalkeeper Juan Manuel made it big again for his team by saving a PC well done by the Indian team.

With the match being drawn, Vivek Sagar Prasad tried his best to give the team the lead. Minutes later Harmanpreet Singh came clutch for India from PC and sealed the match for India.

After this victory, now India has won three matches in their group.

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