Tokyo Olympics: Hockey Day 7 — India beat Japan 5-3 — Updates, score, results, blog

GOALMOUTH MELEE!!!!

44' SIMRANJEET AND GURJANT IN A GOALMOUTH MELEE - THE JAPANESE KEEP THE BALL OUT!!!

HARMANPREET FLICKS WIDE

43' INDIA WITH ANOTHER PC- NO THEY DO NOT - FREE HIT INSTEAD

SUMIT HOLED UP - PC FOR INDIA

42' THREE RED SHIRTS SURROUND SUMIT BUT THE JAPANESE GIVE AWAY A PC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAMASAKI ATTACKS FOR THE SAMURAI!!!!!

39' JAPAN LOOK DANGEROUS AS THEY ADVANCE DOWN THE CENTRE - YAMASAKI IN THE INDIAN CIRCLE - MOPPED UP

34' Great response from the Indian attack and we are leading again. 😍

Shamsher's strike puts India back in front. 👏

🇯🇵 2:3 🇮🇳#JPNvIND #HaiTayyar #IndiaKaGame #TeamIndia #Tokyo2020 #TokyoTogether #StrongerTogether #HockeyInvites #WeAreTeamIndia #Hockey pic.twitter.com/zK8wHC3RuH

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 30, 2021

PATIENT BUILD-UP FOR INDIA - DANGER IN THE INDIAN CIRCLE THOUGH

32' JAPAN COUNTER AND THE INDIANS IN TROUBLE AS TANAKA TAKES A SHOT WITH NO STING

THE SECOND HALF ACTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN

31 REID SMILES AT THE CAMERA AS THE ACTION BEGINS - THE INDIANS ATTEMPT AN EARLY ATTACK

THE NUMBERS TALE AT HALF-TIME

EIGHT SHOTS ON GOAL FOR INDIA - FOUR FOR JAPAN

JUST THE ONE PC FOR INDIA WHICH HARMANPREET CONVERTED - NO SHORT CORNERS FOR JAPAN

HALF TIME

INDIA 2 - JAPAN 1

HARMANPREET OFF A PC AND GURJANT FROM OPEN PLAY SCORE FOR THE INDIANS

KENTA TANAKA REDUCES THE DEFICIT FOR SAMURAI JAPAN

YAMADA CARRIED OFF - KAZUMA MURATA HAS SREEJESH STRETCHING FOR A SAVE!!!!!!!!!!!

29' KAZUMA MURATA HAS A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE - SREEJESH TO THE RESCUE FOR INDIA