Hockey World Cup, Highlights: India Win 1st Point After 1-1 Draw vs Spain
After two losses in their first two fixtures vs England and Belgium, India drew 1-1 with Spain. Rupinder Pal Singh scored the goal for India. Catch all highlights here.
- Prakash Govindasreenivasan
- Updated: June 11, 2014 01:32 AM IST
India and Spain take a point each after a 1-1 draw. Catch all highlights here.
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10.48 (IST): After one draw and two losses in three group games, India have just one point and are languishing at the fifth spot in a group of six teams. Top two teams from both groups will go through to the semis.
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10.30 (IST): FULL TIME! India earn their first point but they have to content with just one as they have been held to a 1-1 draw by Spain. Both goals coming in the first half.
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10.25 (IST): India earn a penalty corner with just two minutes to go but fail to convert. Now can they hold on and not concede another last-gasp goal?
10.21 (IST): Oh dear! Dharamveer misses a straightforward chance. He was set-up well by Sunil in the circle but he hit it straight to the Spanish goalie Cortes. What a missed chance! 1-1, 64th minute.
10.17 (IST): The game is picking up pace as both teams attack in numbers. 1-1, 60th minute.
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10.11 (IST): SAVED! Sreejesh saves Spain's fourth penalty corner. 1-1, 55th minute.
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10.09 (IST): India's Penalty corner saved! Rupinder's grounded flick is parried away by Cortes. 53rd min, 1-1
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10.02 (IST): Spain waste another penalty corner chances as Sreejesh makes a good, diving save! 1-1, 46th minute.
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09.55 (IST): David Alegre collides with Sreejesh and seems to have hurt his hand.1-1, 41st min
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09.50 (IST): The second half begins with score at 1-1. Can India get the better of Spain?
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09.37 (IST): HALF-TIME: India 1ga Spain 1 with goals from Rupinder Singh (28th minute) and Roc Oliva (35th minute).
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09.36 (IST): GOAL! Spain go level as Roc Oliva scores in the final minute of first half! Sreejesh made a wonderful triple save in the lead up to the goal but Oliva's shot found the back of the net.
09.29 (IST): GOAL! India have the lead! Rupinder Singh converts a stroke in the 28th minute after Mandeep was tripped inside the D.
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09.25 (IST): Good defending from India. Spain's 2nd penalty corner also averted. 0-0, 24th minute.
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09. 24 (IST): Desperate defending from India and a penalty corner to Spain in 23rd minute.
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09.21 (IST): No goals yet but Spain dominating the play with 69 % possession. 0-0, 20th min.
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09.19 (IST): Spain hit back in counter and outrun the Indian defenders but goalkeeper Sreejesh does well to parry a shot from Salvador.17th min, 0-0.
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09.16 (IST): Bit of good skills fromMandeep as he comes close to the Spain goal along the back-line but not good enough to give India the lead.
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09.15 (IST): FACTOID: India have faced Spain five times in hockey World Cups, winning 2 and losing 3ÂÂ
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09.14 (IST): India slowly but steadily begin to attack but the Spanish defenders stand tall to deny their opponents any in-roads. 0-0, 11th minute.
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09.11 (IST): Penalty Corner saved! Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh makes a good save to deny Spain an early lead in the seventh minute!
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09.10 (IST): Penalty Corner! Spain awarded an early penalty corner after Gurbaj is found guilty of stick checking.
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09.08 (IST): Good, composed start from Spain. India on the backfoot at the moment. 4th minute, 0-0.
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09.05 (IST): Early pressure on India as Spain come forward in numbers in the 2nd minute.
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09.02 (IST): FACTOID: When India and Spain met in the last World Cup 2010, India 2 Spain 5!
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09.00 (IST): The teams have sung their respective national anthem and are ready for the game. India or Spain, who will get their first win of this hockey World Cup 2014 today?
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After conceding match-winners to Belgium and England in the closing stages of successive matches, the Indian defence will need to raise its game several notches against Spain, who won a penalty shootout against India for the fifth position when they last met in the 2013 World League Semifinals.
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"The team has put up a very competitive challenge against both the higher ranked teams Belgium and England; it was only towards the end of both the games that we fumbled and gave away the match," said Sardar after a training session here. (Read more)
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