Commonwelath Games 2022: Indian skipper Manpreet Singh mentioned that his workforce will try to study from their errors after they subsequent face Australia in males’s hockey.
Manpreet Singh of India. Courtesy: AP
HIGHLIGHTSIndia misplaced 0-7 to Australia within the gold medal matchIndia gave away 5 objectives in an area of 18 minutesManpreet Singh additionally sustained a shoulder damage
Indian skipper Manpreet Singh reckoned that the Australia males’s hockey workforce isn’t invincible by any stretch of the creativeness. On Monday, August 8, India misplaced 0-7 to the Aussies, led by Colin Batch, within the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
India appeared out of kinds to a big extent as they conceded as many as 5 objectives within the house of 18 minutes. Australia additionally gained their seventh gold medal in a row on the CWG after they first completed on prime method again in 1998.
The 30-year-old Manpreet admitted that his workforce wasn’t on prime of its recreation and made fairly just a few errors. However, he vowed to make a comeback in opposition to the Aussies by making use of extra strain on their opponents within the matches going ahead.
“I won’t say they are an invincible team. They also have XI players we too have XI players. It’s who avails the opportunity wins the match. But we made some mistakes and conceded easy possession today. We need to work on that. We can beat them if we play our best,” Manpreet was quoted as saying to PTI.
“We need to put more pressure on the Aussies in upcoming tournaments. We’ll watch these matches and we’ll come back strong,” he acknowledged.
“It was not our A-game today and we kept conceding silly goals. We have a lot to learn. Not getting a PC is one of the areas we have to work on, distribute the ball well in the midfield,” Manpreet mentioned.
Manpreet additionally talked in regards to the damage that he sustained in the course of the second quarter of the match after a nasty collision with Aran Zalewski. After colliding together with his opponent, Manpreet was seen holding his left shoulder. “I’m going for an X-ray but it’s painful and seems like a fracture,” Manpreet added.
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