MALAYSIA’S World Cup campaign hit another low when they went down tamely 3-2 to India at the Hague, Nether lands yesterday.
After four matches, Malaysia have nothing to show, and their last Group A match is against Spain on Monday, which they need to win to avoid playing in the 11-12th classification playoff.
Spain also had a bad day when they were thrashed 5-2 by Belgium yesterday, leaving them with only one point after four matches.
Seven penalty corners were won, but only one went in as Razie Rahim scored his third goal of the World Cup. The other two goals were against Belgium.
India took the lead in the 15th minute when Jasjit Singh salvaged a botched penalty corner, but Razie equalsied in the 46th minute to inject so hope.
However, a brace from Akashdeep Singh in the 49th and 51st minutes made it a tall order for coach K. Dharmaraj’s men.
Marhan Jalil narrowed the losing margin with a 61st minute goal, but Malaysia failed to make a comeback and will now have another mammoth task when they play Spain.
India had nine shots on target, while Malaysia had five and scored two.
The match was lost in the first half itself, as Malaysia played like lost kittens, and allowed too much of space for India to dominate.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Friday, June 6, 2014
India ready for Malaysia..
The Hague, Netherlands, 06 June 2014: After playing a
1-1 draw against Spain yesterday, Indian Men Hockey team is all geared
up to take on Malaysia and looking forward a win against the opponents.
Team India showed its determination against Spain and especially
goalkeeper P R Sreejesh was commendable. Malaysia has lost all the 3
matches while India lost its first two closely contested matches and
drew their third match against Spain giving them 1 point on the points
table.
Commenting for the next match against Malaysia, Chief Coach, Mr Terry Walsh said,
“The performance of our team has improved significantly in their weak
areas. The team is high on self confidence and is pepped up for the
future challenges. We know that Malaysia is not an easy team but we are
ready with our strategies to give tough challenge to our opponents”.
Speaking on the match against Malaysia, Captain Sardar Singh said
“We are continuously learning and improving with every game. We are
well aware about our weakness and strengths. The team is continuously
working hard to put up their best performance in every game. Our
confidence is very high and we are certain to beat Malaysia to improve
points tally”.
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