Hockey World Cup 2023: Sunday was a very disappointing day for Indian hockey fans. India could not succeed in making a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup being played at its own home. Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey has expressed disappointment over India’s defeat. Dilip Tirkey says that India got many chances in the match against New Zealand, but they lost all of them.
India had a great start in the match played against New Zealand. India had taken a 2-0 lead at one point. However, from here he lost his grip on the match and gave New Zealand a chance to make a comeback. New Zealand came back in the match and made the match score 1-2. After this, India scored again to take a 3-1 lead. But later New Zealand managed to equalize 3-3. The match went to a penalty shoot-out where India lost 4-5.
Dilip Tirkey said, “We had a chance to win the match. We have already talked about how important it is to convert a penalty corner to win a match. But we could not succeed in doing so. We missed one opportunity after another and the result is in front of us.
India will have to learn from the defeat
Turkey is also the captain of the Indian hockey team. have lived The veteran player said, “We got a chance to win in the penalty shoot out as well. We had two chances. Our goalkeeper made two saves in sudden death. But we missed that chance too. Now I hope that India will be able to perform well in their last match.
Dilip Tirkey believes that India needs to learn from the defeat against New Zealand. India will face Japan on January 26. The result of this match will determine India’s position from 9th to 16th in the points table.
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