FIH apologizes for the injustice done to the Indian women’s hockey team, the entire incident will be reviewed

The FIH has apologized for the dishonesty done to the Indian team during the semi-final match of women’s hockey at the Commonwealth Games 2022. In this match, the Australian team got two chances to score the first goal due to the mistake of the referee during the penalty shootout. Due to this the Indian team had to face defeat. After this, there was a lot of ruckus on this matter and now FIH has apologized on the whole matter and asked to review the incident.

Australia’s Rosie Malone, who missed her first attempt during the penalty shootout, was given another chance as the eight-second countdown on the scoreboard had not started. Malone did not miss the second chance and gave his team the lead. As a result, the morale of the Indian players broke down and the Indian team lost 3–0 in the penalty shootout.

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By regular time both the teams were tied at 1-1. The audience had also expressed anger over the decision of the technical officials. On the field, the coach of the Indian team, Shopman and the rest of the players are also seen arguing with the referee as to what is the fault of Team India in this. However, the referee did not listen to the Indians and the Australian was given a second chance.
What did FIH say?

The FIH said in a statement, “The shootout was accidentally started too early (the clock was not ready to operate) during the semi-final match between the Australia and India women’s teams at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, for which we apologize.” ask for.

The statement further said, “In such a situation, there is a process of taking penalty shootouts again and it has been done. The FIH will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident so that such issues can be avoided in future.”

Captain Savita started crying after the match
Indian players cried after losing the match against Australia. Captain Savita Poonia had tears in her eyes when she was asked questions after the match. However, he said that it is part of the game and we cannot do anything about it. Management has to see this. At the same time, the coach of the Indian team, Schopman, clearly criticized the organizers. He said that such incident should not happen. That one incident broke our morale and we lost. Next we have to play the match for bronze and rekindle the courage among the Indian players who have lost their morale.

The coach criticized the decision
Coach Schopman said after the match- I’m not using it as an excuse, but you know when your goalkeeper makes a defense it boosts the morale of the team. You reverse the decision. The team is really upset about this. I’m sure the team’s attention was a little off after that and that’s not an excuse, just a simple fact.

Schopman said- It affected our speed. There was a goal in the retake and everything fell apart. People think that this will not affect the game, but it does. Our emotion is also associated with this game. I am also angry because even the umpires don’t understand it. The Aussies weren’t complaining because they knew they missed the goal. He got some more time to score easily. Why would he leave it?

Schopman said – I think the FIH and the representatives of these sports do not understand the game and the emotions that are involved in it. I have never experienced anything like this during my playing time and now in my coaching career. This is sad.