Mumbai: The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal match at Tokyo Olympics to win their first medal at the Olympics after 41 years.
The Indian team has been making a comeback for centuries. Losing two goals in a row, India defeated Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics here.
India turned the match upside down by scoring two crucial goals in the third quarter, which put them in a climbing position.
Earlier, Germany scored twice in a few minutes in the second quarter as India went 1-3 on the back of some poor defense.
But the Men in Blue came back strongly in the last five minutes of the second quarter, scoring twice to put them back on equal terms (3-3) at half-time.
India from there on played the catching-up game while Germany created far more chances than the Men in Blue. Germans went into the second quarter with a 1-0 lead against India in the bronze medal match.
The fourth quarter saw them guarding their heart, occasionally putting their body on the line and eventually giving them a fair chance to come back into the match, when the Germans reduced the deficit to 5–4.
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