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Tokyo Olympics: Hockey LIVE Day 4 — India beat Spain 3-0 — Updates, score, results, blog
Welcome to our live blog coverage of the Men's Hockey Group A match between India and Spain
Hockey India vs Spain
The Indian men's hockey team are back in action after a day's break hoping to get past a winless Spanish side.
With one win from two games and nine goals against, the Indians currently occupy the fourth position in the group - one slot ahead of their next opponents who managed a draw against Argentina but lost to New Zealand.
The Indians themselves are looking to recover from an ignominious defeat at the hands of Australia which has opened up a debate about the team selections in between the Games. The immensely talented Indian strikers will need to come good and the match against Spain may just be the one for Shamsher and Gurjant to get their act together and silence the critics.
The midfield which failed to show up against the Aussies will need to feed the strikers and intercept the probing passes to assist a backline that was overwhelmed in the previous encounter.
Despite the many flaws in the ranks, Manpreet and co. start favourites and 3 points in the bag will get the campaign and the confidence soaring.
The action begins at 0630 IST.
Stay tuned with us as we bring you all the Live Updates
Live Updates
- 27 July 2021 1:53 AM GMT
OFF THE BLOCKS IN A HURRY ARE SPAIN!!
31' Xavi Lleonart looks dangerous as the second half begins - Spain enter the Indian circle right away but are cut off
- 27 July 2021 1:50 AM GMT
The Men in Blue enter the half-time break with an advantage of two goals thanks to strikes from @simranhockey and @rupinderbob3.
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 27, 2021
🇮🇳 2:0 🇪🇸#HaiTayyar #IndiaKaGame #TeamIndia #Tokyo2020 #TokyoTogether #Cheer4India #StrongerTogether #HockeyInvites #WeAreTeamIndia #Hockey pic.twitter.com/sUERbBL1HO - 27 July 2021 1:44 AM GMT
INDIA'S HALF AT TOKYO!!
CENTURY FOR AMIT ROHIDAS WITH 100 CAPS
DOUBLE CENTURY FOR BIRENDRA LAKRA WITH 200 CAPS
THE INDIANS WITH A SPRING IN THEIR STEP - REID IS A HAPPY MAN AS BOTH TEAMS TAKE A BREAK
- 27 July 2021 1:42 AM GMT
THE INDIANS ARE AHEAD AT HALF-TIME
INDIA 2 - SPAIN 0
ONE GOAL FROM OPEN PLAY SCORED BY SIMRANJEET AND THE SECOND FROM RUPINDER VIA A STROKE THAT FOLLOWED A PC HELP INDIA STAY IN CONTROL OF THINGS AT THE LONG BREAK
- 27 July 2021 1:40 AM GMT
HARDIK SHOWS HIS STICKWORK DOWN THE RIGHT
28' Display of mesmerising 3D stickwork from Hardik but cant make it count down the right flank
- 27 July 2021 1:38 AM GMT
BALL SHOT WIDE AS SREEJESH LOOKS ON
26' ROC OLIVA HAS A CHANCE TO SHOOT BUT IS OFF TARGET AS SREEJESH WATCHES THE BALL WHIZZ PAST THE POST
- 27 July 2021 1:36 AM GMT
END TO END AT THE IO HOCKEY STADIUM
25' End to end action as the Indians are dispossessed in the circle while Spain return to the attacking third.
- 27 July 2021 1:34 AM GMT
NO DAMAGE DONE AS SPAIN PERSIST
PAU QUEMADA HAS A GO - BUT THE INDIANS HOLD THE FORT
- 27 July 2021 1:32 AM GMT
SPAIN GO UPSTAIRS
22' Free hit for Spain but they want more - WILL THE RED STICKS GET A PC???? THEY DO!!!!!!
- 27 July 2021 1:29 AM GMT
AIN'T NUMBER 10 FOR NOTHING!!!!
19' DAVID ALLEGRE HAS A GO AT THE INDIAN GOAL AS SPAIN UP THE ANTE - CANT GET A CLEAN SHOT IN
