Tokyo Olympics: Hockey — India BEAT Argentina 3-1 — Updates, score, results, blog

REID NOT HAPPY!!!

11' The Indian coach shows rare emotion as the Indian are there or thereabouts in the D but fail to get clean shots in!!

VIVALDI SAVES YET AGAIN!!!

9'  THE INDIANS LOOK DANGEROUS IN THE STRIKING CIRCLE - BUT VIVALDI HAS BEEN A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK

LALIT IN THE ACTION EARLY!!

6' LALIT SCAMPERS INTO THE CIRCLE AND ANGLES ONE ONE IN - NO ONE THERE TO PICK UP THE CROSS

VIVALDI CLEARS!!!!

4'  VIVALDI CALLED INTO ACTION AS SIMRANJEET YET AGAIN GIVES INDIA A CHANCE!!!!!!

DILPREET MESSES UP!

3'  Great work done by the Indians as Simranjeet does well to get into the circle but Dilpreet fails to trap the ball!!!

INDIA GET CLOSER!!!

2' Into the 23 are India with a high press early on - the Argentine deep defence clear - but the Indians are back where they began!!

INDIA PUSH BACK

1' The Indians begin with a string of passes in their own half but find no space to launch a foray

BLACK AND WHITE SHIRTS AS THE ANTHEMS BEGIN

The Indians in white are all set to enter the pitch at the Oi Hockey Stadium - Argentina in black

BREAKING DOWN REID'S STARTING XI

Amit Rohidas, Rupinder, Harmanpreet, and Surender will man the backlines with Sreejesh in goal

Manpreet, Hardik, and Nilakanta in midfield.

Mandeep, Dilpreet, and Sumit up front

Here is our Starting XI to take on the defending Champions, Argentina. 💪

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— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 29, 2021