Paris olympics 2024: indian hockey team will recover from semi-final defeat, and will face spain today
India ranked fifth in the world hockey rankings, had to face defeat against the world's second-ranked team Germany in the semi-finals on Tuesday. germany defeated india 3-2. The 13th day of the paris olympics 2024 is going to be special for India. The indian hockey team will take on spain in the bronze medal match today. Fans hope that PR Sreejesh, known as the wall of india, would like to win a medal in his last match.
Forgetting the sorrow of the semi-final defeat at the hands of germany, the indian hockey team will play for the last time in the third-place playoff match against spain at the paris Olympics. The indian team, which played like a champion throughout the tournament, its dream of winning an Olympic gold medal after 44 years was shattered with a 2-3 defeat to germany on tuesday in a thrilling match. Just a day and a half after this, Harmanpreet Singh's team has to play in the bronze medal playoff with Spain and the effort will be to retain the bronze medal won in Tokyo.
India ranked fifth in the world hockey rankings, had to face defeat against the world's second-ranked team Germany in the semi-finals on Tuesday. germany defeated india 3-2. Today India will try to recover from this defeat and capture the bronze medal.
After the tokyo olympics 2020, the indian hockey team faced spain in nine matches. india has won five of these matches. Both teams have clashed twice in the FIH Pro League. The indian men's hockey team has won 12 medals in the Olympics so far. These include eight gold, one silver, and three bronze medals. At the same time, spain has won three silver and one bronze medal.
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