Olympics (Men’s Hockey): India beat defending champions Argentina 3-1

Tokyo, 29 July. Two brilliant goals in the final quarter helped the Indian men’s hockey team beat defending Olympic champions Argentina 3-1 in their fourth group match on Thursday. This is India’s third win in four matches. Now they have 9 points in their account and they are firmly placed second in their Group A after Australia (12). The Indian team has been decided to go to the next round.
For India, Varun Kumar scored in 43rd minute, Vivek Sagar Prasad in 58th and Harmanpreet Singh scored in 59th minute. Scout Casella scored the only goal for Argentina in the 48th minute.
After going goalless in the first two quarters, India took a 1-0 lead at the end of the third quarter. For India, this goal was scored by Varun Kumar on a penalty corner.
Now the responsibility of saving this goal in front of India. On the other hand, the defending champions stepped up their attack. In the same sequence, he got a penalty corner in the 47th minute, which was converted into a goal in 48 minutes by Schuth Kasela to make the score 1-1.
Now the matter was again the same as it was by the middle of the third quarter. Now both the teams are competing to get ahead. India got success in this race. He scored in the 58th minute to take a 2–1 lead.
Vivek Sagar scored this goal for India. It was a field goal.
Encouraged by this goal, India again attacked and secured a penalty corner in the 59th minute. Harmanpreet Singh secured India’s memorable victory by scoring a goal. Now India have to take on hosts Japan in their final group match.