India suffer 1-4 loss to Netherlands in FIH Pro League
The Hindu
India squandered a one-goal lead to go down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands in the FIH Hockey Pro League
A profligate India squandered a one-goal lead to go down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands in the FIH Hockey Pro League in Netherlands .
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11’) scored India's lone goal despite the visitors being awarded as many as five penalty corners and a penalty stroke.
Pepijn Reyenga (17'), Boris Burkhardt (40') and Duco Telgenkamp (41', 58') scored in the home team's victory on June 7 night.
Riding on back-to-back wins in London last weekend, India got off the blocks in Eindhoven establishing an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter.
Though India took some time to shake off the nerves and settle into the game, they showed a good structure that helped them earn opportunities inside the Netherlands' D.
India were awarded a penalty corner after a foot foul by the Netherlands defender in the 11th minute, a deliberate foul in PC defence saw them being awarded a penalty stroke.
The in-form Harmanpreet broke no sweat in converting the stroke, fetching India an early lead and also took his individual score to an impressive 17 goals this season.
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