randomGuy Posted September 7, 2025 Posted September 7, 2025 10 minutes ago, Gollum said: Last 3 games, we took it up a notch. 4-1 vs Malaysia (before that game, Malaysians were the most in form team) 7-0 vs China 4-1 vs South Korea The India that won consecutive Olympic medals, finally woke up. Amit Rohidas after scoring through PC, put his body on the line defending a PC and got hit in last in 3mins by korea. Sanjay, Dilpreet are relatively new and impressive.... Abhishek, Hardik, sukhjeet impressive as usual!!
Gollum Posted September 7, 2025 Author Posted September 7, 2025 (edited) 16 minutes ago, randomGuy said: Amit Rohidas after scoring through PC, put his body on the line defending a PC and got hit in last in 3mins by korea. If not for the unfair red card against GBR in Paris Olympics, Rohidas would have helped us beat Germans in SF. He is an awesome PC defender, best from India for sure. Our tribal belt players (from Odisha, Jharkhand, MP, Chattisgarh) have always been warriors when it comes to putting their bodies on the line...present HI president Dilip Tirkey was another lionheart from Sundargarh like Rohidas (Tirkey once got his head split open against Pak, went outside field, got stitches and came back to play after a few minutes....contrast that to footballers like Neymar crying like kids after every minor tackle). Sundargarh once was a Naxal stronghold, now a hockey centre, thanks to the great leadership of Naveen Patnaik. Edited September 7, 2025 by Gollum BacktoCricaddict, Vickydev, randomGuy and 1 other 2 1 1
bharathh Posted September 7, 2025 Posted September 7, 2025 Awesome! Well played to the hockey team. Surprising that this is the first time in 8 yrs we have won the tournament despite having our best teams for decades in the past few years.
Gollum Posted September 7, 2025 Author Posted September 7, 2025 Reigning holders of Asian Games gold, Asian Champions Trophy, Asia Cup...haven't dropped one game in these 3 title runs, just one draw. BacktoCricaddict 1
Gollum Posted September 7, 2025 Author Posted September 7, 2025 We can give full attention to next pro league now that we have qualified to WC. That, the WC and Asian Games next year, packed calendar. No field hockey in CWG btw.
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