Four-nation hockey: India face NZ in 2nd leg opener
23 Jan 2018 10:34 PM IST
Hamilton: India will aim to put behind the disappointment of a first-leg final loss when they open their campaign against hosts New Zealand in the second leg of the Four Nations Invitational Hockey Tournament here on Wednesday.
In the first leg, India got off to a good start with a 6-0 win against Japan but lost 0-2 to Belgium. But the Manpreet Singh-led side bounced back with a 3-1 win over New Zealand to set up the summit clash with Belgium.
India topped the pool table with nine goals, conceding only three in the pool stage. Belgium scored 10 goals but conceded six. "As a team we have made progress match after match. We had four young players make their debut and even scored in matches which is good," chief coach Sjoerd Marijne said about India's performance in the first leg. "We came close to beating Olympic silver medallist Belgium which gives us a lot of confidence going into an important calendar year for hockey," he added.
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