Team India failed to reach the final, now it will compete with Spain for the bronze medal

India vs Germany: The Indian hockey team has faced defeat in the semi-finals in the Paris Olympics 2024. With this, Team India's dream of reaching the final after 44 years was also shattered. In a thrilling semi-final match, Germany defeated India 3-2 and with this made it to the final. At the same time, Team India will have to wait once again to win the gold medal. Despite this, the Indian team has a chance to return from Paris with a medal. Team India will now stake a claim for the bronze medal, where it will face Spain on August 8. At the same time, Germany will face the Netherlands for the gold medal match.

First Half: Team India lagged behind after taking the lead

The Indian team, which made it to the semi-finals by winning two consecutive big and hard-fought matches against Australia and Great Britain, was in high spirits. Team India started fast, bringing these high spirits on the field and got a penalty corner in the third minute itself. However, the goal could not be scored in it. Then between the seventh and eighth minutes, India got 3 consecutive penalty corners and in the third, captain Harmanpreet scored a goal with a stormy drag flick to give Team India the lead. From here, Team India made some more attempts but Germany stopped them.

Then in the second quarter, Germany started strongly and in the 18th minute, Gonzalo Pilat scored a field goal to bring the team to parity. Germany got a big success at the end of the second quarter, when Indian defender Jarmanpreet Singh fouled the German player inside the D. Here Germany got a penalty stroke and it did not make any mistake in scoring the goal.

Germany's decisive goal before full time

In the third quarter, Team India started building pressure as soon as it came and it also benefited from it when in the 38th minute, Sukhjeet Singh scored a goal from a deflection on captain Harmanpreet Singh's penalty corner and equalized the score to 2-2. No goal was scored again in this quarter. Now the eyes were on the last quarter and here Germany increased its attack. Due to this, they also got many penalty corners but the entire defense line including goalkeeper PR Sreejesh foiled them. However, 6 minutes before full time, Germany made a great move from the left flank and scored the ball into the goal to take a 3-2 lead. The Indian team tried a lot in the remaining minutes but within 2 minutes, its 2 shots went very close to the goal and Team India lost the match.