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Monday 30 July 2012


London Olympics Hockey: India Lose To Netherlands 2-3


Indian Men's Hockey Team are off to a poor start in the London Olympics after losing to Netherlands 2-3 in the opener here on Monday.

Netherlands outplayed the Indians throughout the match and did not allow India to take the lead. Netherlands began well, scoring 2 goals in the 1st half. The 1st half ended with the score reading 2-0 in favour of Netherlands.

India came back well in the 2nd half and scored 2 goals in a span of 4 minutes. Dharamvir got India off the mark by scoring a goal in the 45th minute. 3 minutes later, Shivendra Singh scored the equalizer for India. The score was now 2-2.

It seemed that India might comeback to win the match. But Netherlands once again took the lead and maintained it right to the end. Netherlands finally won the match 3-2.

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