Hangzhou [China], October 7 (ANI): After clinching a bronze medal on the nineteenth Asian Games, Indian ladies’s hockey crew head coach Janneke Schopman lauded her crew’s efficiency within the strain recreation and stated in opposition to the defending champion Japan they confirmed their recreation.
The Indian ladies’s hockey crew registered a superb 2-1 win over Japan to clinch the Bronze medal on the nineteenth Asian Games.
This was India’s fourth Bronze medal in Women’s Field Hockey on the Asian Games. Deepika (5′) and Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (50′) scored a aim every for the Indian crew, whereas for Japan, Captain Yuri Nagai (30′) netted the lone aim.
“I want to say thank you for all the support that we have received in the last couple of months. Hockey India was great in all their support and the same goes for SAI… We had a very important match today. I was really happy with the performance of the players because the pressure was high. But I think after the semi-final loss where we didn’t play our game, today we showed up and played our own game,” Schopman informed Hockey India.
Meanwhile, India captain Savita Punia expressed gratitude in the direction of the Hockey India and Sports Authority of India (SAI) for offering “good facilities.””I would like to say thank you to Hockey India and SAI… They provide really good facilities… Today we played our game and everyone is doing really well. Honestly, I am so happy about our team performance today…” Savita Punia informed Hockey India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Indian crew’s resilience, teamwork and keenness for bringing the bronze medal residence.
“Congratulations to our Women’s Hockey Team on their remarkable achievement of winning the Bronze Medal at the Asian Games! Their resilience, teamwork and passion have brought glory to the nation,” PM Modi wrote in a put up on X.
Talking concerning the bronze medal conflict, the opening half of the India versus Japan recreation ended up being a story of two halves. Five minutes into the sport, India made a powerful begin and claimed the lead. India was given a penalty stroke after a foul from a penalty nook, and Deepika transformed it with ease.
To make sure that her crew entered halftime even with the opposition, Japan captain Nagai Yuri deflected a penalty nook into the aim from shut vary.
Neither crew was in a position to generate any vital probabilities within the third quarter, which ended up being a gritty contest. Lalremsiami had a transparent take a look at the aim close to the tip of the quarter however missed.
India took the lead instantly within the ultimate quarter, figuring out that the bronze medal was on the road. Vaishnavi Vittal displayed glorious stickwork to earn India a penalty nook, however she missed an important likelihood to place India in entrance after the set play.
However, the next penalty nook resulted in a aim. Sushila Chanu acquired the ball, and her shot at aim took a deflection and looped over the Japanese custodian Eika Nakamura.
The aim calmed the Indian crew’s jitters, and Janneke Schopman’s crew performed some sane hockey to complete the sport. (ANI)