HOCKEY: ‘We have nothing to lose’, said Indian captain Savita before the semi-final match
India has entered the semi-finals by defeating Italy in the semi-final match of FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier. India’s next match will be against Germany. The captain and coach of Team India held a press conference regarding this. On the question of playing the semi-final match with Germany, the coach says that we have played the match with Germany before also. We know how she plays. We have seen Germany’s game in this tournament also. But we will just play our game here. She further says that she will play her game in this semi-final. Will play attacking hockey and also defending hockey. We will play whatever game the match requires. German players are much better. The players are also very experienced but our entire focus is going to be on our game.
We have nothing to lose: Savita Poonia
Meanwhile, Teen Captain Savita Poonia says that we have nothing to lose. So we would just like to play without any mold. We want to play well. Germany is a good team and we have not only played defending hockey with them but also attacking hockey, so we will play better. It further says that our game is to play attacking hockey, we will play that. But we will also defend. On the first defeat against US, Savita says that we had learned a lot from that defeat. In the second match, when we took the field against New Zealand, there was only one thing in our mind that we had to win. One defeat could have taken us out of the tournament, so we were just playing to win this match, not only that match but also the match against Italy. In the future, we will play the match against Germany only to win. On the preparations for the semi-finals, the captain says that we were preparing every day. We play even on holidays, so we have prepared for tomorrow for a long time. During the press conference, Indian team coach Janneke Thopman said about Salima that she is still learning a lot.
