Tokyo Olympics: India misplaced 2-5 to Belgium in males’s hockey semi-final match on Tuesday.© AFP
India misplaced to Belgium within the males’s hockey semi-final match and can now tackle both Australia or Germany within the bronze medal match on the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. India conceded early within the match as Belgium scored within the second minute to take a lead. However, India got here again strongly and completed the primary quarter with 2-1 lead over the world quantity two facet. Belgium saved on attacking and managed to attain three objectives within the closing 15 minutes to seal a 5-2 win and safe a spot within the gold medal match on Tuesday.
After the heartbreaking loss, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Indian skipper Manpreet Singh and appreciated their “good performance” all through the match and prolonged his greatest needs for the bronze medal match.
PM Modi additionally tweeted after the boys’s hockey semi-final match and mentioned that India is pleased with our gamers.
Wins and losses are part of life. Our Men’s Hockey Team at #Tokyo2020 gave their greatest and that’s what counts. Wishing the Team the easiest for the subsequent match and their future endeavours. India is pleased with our gamers.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 3, 2021
“Wins and losses are a part of life. Our Men’s Hockey Team at #Tokyo2020 gave their best and that is what counts. Wishing the Team the very best for the next match and their future endeavours. India is proud of our players,” PM Modi tweeted.
The Indian males’s staff will likely be in motion on Thursday within the bronze medal match and they are going to be up in opposition to the dropping staff from the second semi-final, scheduled to performed later within the day.
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