I WATCHED THE WHOLE MATCH..MOST OF THE TIME INDIA IS NOT MOVING FORWARD..INSTEAD THEY ARE FIRST MOVING FORWARD AND THEN TURNS AND EITHER LOSES THE BALL OR TURNS BACK. AND IN THE INDIAN HALF THEY ARE UNABLE TO CLEAR THE BALL. SOMETIMES THEY GIFT THE BALL TO AUS.
Re: INDIANS NOT MOVING FORWARD
by S Shrikanth on Mar 02, 2010 10:44 PM
Thats true. Australia scored first 2 goals in quick succession and put India on backfoot.
Australia completely dominated India in the whole game and th goal difference 3 could have been bigger.
Pak defeated Spain 2-1, has made thing very interesting in this group.
India, Australia, Pak, Spain have one win and one loss each.
England leads with 2 wins and SA is on bottom with 2 defeats.
The tournament is on, and a lot of high degree excitement is coming.
Australia was very strong. India played well, but they could not match their fitness.
One surprise was why the Goalkeeper Brijesh was replaced by Adrian in this match. Brijesh did very well against Pak, he saved 2 clear goals from Sohail Abbas.
Re: Australia has Very strong team
by Sukhwinder Singh on Mar 02, 2010 10:37 PM
Adrian D'Souza is better goalkeeper than the other one and has more experience. D'Souza even saved a penalty stroke.
Re: Re: Australia has Very strong team
by Sukhwinder Singh on Mar 02, 2010 10:45 PM
If you are talking of penalty corners being saved then the other goalkeeper didn't save those, the ball had hit the cross bar twice and Sohail was unfortunate.
Re: this was expected
by S Shrikanth on Mar 02, 2010 10:34 PM
All teams in this pool are very strong. SA, Spain, England are formidable teams as well. Indian team will have to change their strategy.
I think Australian and Holland are two best teams in this World Cup. I have seen India lose more badly against Australia though. Toughest matches are behind India. In next 3 matches I think, if not win, India may not do as badly as they have done against Australia.
Re: This was expected
by S Shrikanth on Mar 02, 2010 10:37 PM
True. Keeping Patriotism aside, I am expecting place 5-6 for India. We saw Australia today. Holland, England, Germany are the top 4 contenders.
Re: we have already won finals
by piri on Mar 02, 2010 10:40 PM
The average north Indian is very paranoid about Pakistan. One guesses that it is due to the centuries of invasions and defeats his forbears had suffered !!
