HIL: UP Rudras beats Team Gonasika 2-0 - Highlights
Catch highlights of the Hockey India League match between UP Rudras and Team Gonasika.
UP Rudras during their win against Delhi SG Pipers (Photo credit: Hockey India League)
UP Rudras claimed three points with a 2-0 win over Team Gonasika in the Hockey India League (HIL) at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Tuesday.
After two gruelling quarters, the Rudras broke the deadlock in the third quarter by converting two penalty corners. Tanguy Cosyns scored in the 37th minute when Kane Russell set him up with after receiving an injection. And then a few minutes Russell found his name on the scoreboard.
Following this win, the Rudras has 15 points in eight matches, as the table-topper Tamil Nadu Dragons, who played a game lesser than the Rudras.
Catch highlights:
Two third-quarter goals by Tanguy Cosyns and Kane Russell have made all the difference in the team, and the UP Rudras claims three points.
UP Rudras breaks into the Team Gonasika circle and finds Suraj inside the circle, but the Gonasika goalkeeper makes a beautiful save.
Rudras wins a penalty corner.
Team Gonasika controls the ball, but it is to figure out a way to score.
This is the final quarter of the game, can Team Gonasika restore the parity and push the team to a shootout? Or will UP Rudras cruise to a convincing win?
After a stalemate in the first two quarters, UP Rudras finally breaks the deadlock in the third quarter by converting two penalty corners.
The Rudras now leads 2-0 against Team Gonasika.
Kane Russell makes the chance count this time. He hits the board with a blistering drag flick to put the UP Rudras 2-0 ahead against Team Gonasika.
UP Rudras' first attempt finds the leg of the first rusher. It wins another PC.
Charlet's effort hits the goalkeeper Mazarmelo. There is a melee before the goal mouth. The Rudras somehow clears the ball away.
Gonasika wins yet another penalty corner. But no, wait! UP Rudras goes for a referral and wins it.
Tanguy Cosyns makes no mistakes after drag-flicker Kane Russell stops the ball and pushes the ball to Cosyns. Finding himself in space, Cosyns goes for a lofted strike that hits the board.
UP Rudras 1-0 Team Gonasika
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