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Rourkela: The Hockey World Cup match between India and England ended in a goalless draw. Although no goals were scored in the match at the Birsa Munda Stadium on Sunday, the excitement was breathtaking. In the last seconds of the match, India stopped England’s attack and avoided defeat.
In previous matches between India and England, the opposing teams’ attackers dominated the defence; But in this match, the defense also played badly. This saw a tremendous struggle between attack and defence. ‘If a goal is conceded, this match gave a full experience of the thrill of hockey,’ was the reaction of former Indian captain Viren Ruskinha, which showed the highlight of the match. Both teams definitely had a chance to win this match; But a draw was the right justice. The last few minutes were breathless for the Indian fans. Hardik Singh was seriously injured after five minutes. Due to this, there is a possibility that he will miss the upcoming match. After about one and a half minutes, the ball hit Manpreet in the face. At 19 seconds, England got a penalty corner. However, the Indians avoided defeat by blocking the penalty corner.
Indian fans will be more than happy with the goal disallowed in the final minutes of the third period. At that time, Abhishek had rushed the ball into the goal net. The harmony shown by the Indians in the goal area was tremendous. The umpires ruled that Abhishek committed a foul before hitting the ball into the net, against which India could not appeal. Even before that, India’s chances of appeal had ended.
India are second in the group due to this tie. England (5) has overtaken India (2) due to better goal difference. However, India have a chance to increase the goal difference by defeating Wales, who are weak in the group. India’s match will be played on January 19 at Bhubaneswar at 7 pm. Before that, England and Spain will be playing on the same day.
