India’s Olympic hockey final dream ends after 2-3 loss against Germany | Paris Olympics 2024 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India suffered a hear-breaking 2-3 defeat against Germany in the semifinal of the men’s hockey event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
With the defeat India dream chance to end a 44-year wait for a final appearance also came to an end.
Germany’s victory was secured with goals from Gonzalo Peillat, Christopher Ruhr, and Marco Miltkau, while India’s goals came from skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh.

The match saw its opening goal in the 7th minute by Harmanpreet.
However, Germany quickly levelled the score in the 18th minute through Peillat.
Ruhr’s 27th-minute goal put Germany ahead, but Sukhjeet Singh’s 36th-minute strike brought India back into contention.
The decisive goal was scored by Miltkau in the 54th minute.
India began the match strongly, pressing the German defense and scoring the first goal through Harmanpreet.
However, Germany equalized in the second quarter with a penalty corner by Peillat and took the lead with a penalty stroke conversion by Ruhr.
India tied the game again in the 36th minute with a penalty corner deflected by Sukhjeet.
In the final quarter, Germany’s Miltkau scored the winning goal six minutes before the end, making the final score 3-2 in favor of Germany.
Despite their efforts, India could only convert one out of their 11 penalty corners, while Germany had four penalty corners in total.
India will now face Spain in the bronze medal match. Germany will compete against the Netherlands in the final.