Dil do to hockey?

[Chirag_V]

If anyone would have read today's Mumbai Mirror, they would have understood the content of this post from the title. For those who have not, below is a article that featured in today's Mumbai Mirror.

Argentina have been the perpetual under-achievers of world hockey, and more often than not, they ensure they drag along some of the major teams with them. On many occasions, be it at the Olympics or the World Cup, they have proved to be thorns in India’s flesh as well. They kept this record intact when they got the measure of the hosts 4-2 in the 7th-8th place play-off yesterday. Like the previous matches, the hosts couldn’t be faulted for their intent, but their execution left a lot to be desired against the side whom they beat at the Champions Challenge bronze medal play-off in Salta in December last year. The crowd who had been extremely patient during India’s repeated losses in the tournament finally lost its cool. A section of the stands began jeering the Indians as they left the pitch. As they chanted ‘Prabhjot hai...hai’, the veteran forward lost his cool and chose to give it back in the way he deemed fit. He showed his middle finger and when things looked like getting out of hand, skipper Rajpal Singh went ahead to soothe fraying tempers. That was not the end of it as the concerned spectators began jeering Rajpal as well. Nevertheless, the striker who is known to get angry at the drop of a hat, chose to keep himself in check, until the policemen intervened and controlled the fans. Argentina went into a surprise lead through Tomas Argento Innocente in the 28th minute even though the hosts had dominated proceedings till then. Poor finishing coupled with silly errors in the striking circle ensured that the equaliser was hard to come by. However, they restored parity when Sandeep Singh converted the penalty stroke which was awarded to them after Vikram Pillay was obstructed in front of the goal mouth in the 42nd minute. The jubiliation was extremely short lived as the visitors tore apart the Indian defence and struck three goals between the 43rd and 46th minute. Martin Lucas Vila first beat goalkeeper Adrian D’Souza off a short corner. Soon after, Villa scored off a counter attack as well. It was Facundo Callioni’s turn to join the party thereafter and the Indians were left in a daze. Shivendra Singh pulled one goal back for India when he scored off a rebound but this proved insufficient in the final analysis.

I personally think if this is the way our hockey players behave, it will bring only negative publicity to the game and perhaps the current fans might also dessert them. Agreed people should not have shouted slogans but still a player representing his country in an international event should not behave the way he did. Do you guys think he did the right thing?

[Roshanrocks]

luckily u didnot join the first two words in ur heading....

[Shane]

All I know is Pakistan finished last, dont really care about the rest :D

[Cricketics]

Don't care about Prabjot showing middle finger to bunch of certain fans who just go there at stadum to boo the players for fun. As a sportsman, Prabjoot shouldn't have done what he did, but at the same time, no freakin sympathy for such fans who boo the national players just to have some fun.