Champions Trophy tournament August 2003

Post by **jayakris** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 6:03 am

Yeah, people have been warning this team before the tournament to get their act together and stop acting like whiny children. Some of it comes from Dhanraj's style I suppose. Come on guys, you are good. Stop arguing and just do your job..

Jay

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:30 am

There have been lot of articles about how the Indian players argue a lot. There was even suggestion that the referees at the domestic tournaments need to get their act together and start showing cards when players argue in domestic tournaments.

Lets hope our guys can get their act together and stop arguing. Even if there is a biase against indian players (which may be true) we have to just take it in the stride and prove that we are much better

Post by **Dhruv** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:54 pm

Bad loss today

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       AUS (4)                       IND (1)
Grant Schubert (FG)  32:32         Dilip Tirkey (PC)  48:28 
Grant Schubert (FG)  44:01 
Troy Elder (PS)      46:06 
Grant Schubert (FG)  58:50

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:51 pm

India's loss today was disappointing.

Pakistan tied with Netherlands 2-2 today.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:52 pm

More bad news from the hockey world. India lost to Argentina by 4-2 today.

Goals for India:
Deepak Thakur (FG) 28:55
Baljit Singh Dhillon (FG) 47:38

Goals for Argentina:
Jorge Lombi (PC) 17:25
Matais Vila (FG) 23:48
Mario Almada (FG) 37:10
Jorge Lombi (PC) 42:57

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:58 am

India's big match against Pakistan is on August 22, 2003 at 5 pm (Netherlands time).

Today Pakistan defeated 5-2 and Netherlands won over Argentina 6-3.

The matches are being shown live on TV in India and USA (Zee TV). Check the local times to view the matches on TV.

Go India.

vishnureddy · Post by **vishnureddy** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:32 pm

great win by india , jugraj was just superb

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:25 pm

India defeated Pakistan 7-4 today

vishnureddy · Post by **vishnureddy** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:19 pm

Aus beat Arg 8-3. Ind Vs Pak for 3 rd place

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:05 am

way to go india. i hope the cologne does not get repeated

Heard the last 10 minutesof the match, there was lot of frayed tempers.
Any of you guys saw the match (brief description would be great)

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:40 am

Kumar,

Here is a link to a written commentary of the India-Pakistan game that India won 7-4.

http://www.championstrophy.nl/default.a ... icleId=368

The more important match between the two countries is today. The bronze medal is on the line at 12:30 (Netherlands time).

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:18 pm

India lost to Pakistan in the bronze medal match today by 4-3.

PAK Goals: Abbas 2 (PC 31m, 61m), Jawad (PC 42m), Butt (FG 68m)

IND Goals: Jugraj S (PS 26m), Prabhjot S (FG 35m), Thakur (FG 48m)

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:30 am

I hadn't noticed this thread earlier (and had instead reported on the Champions Trophy in the thread entitled "Hockey revival continues...". I disagree with Kumar's view on Dhanraj and that key goal in the first match against Holland. CNN actually showed very extensive highlights of this match, which I had the pleasure of seeing. That was definitely not a goal: the Indian back had his feet inside the goal-line, but his stick was definitely in front of the goal-line, and he prevented the ball from passing the goal-line. So it wasn't a goal, and Dhanraj was right to protest (although he did go a bit over-board, as is his wont). His yellow-card was a huge blow to India (as was that goal). Without those two things, India would have probably won 3-2 -- inflicting the only defeat on Holland in the tournament.
Otherwise, the key problem with India's strategy in other matches was the poor use of the unlimited substitution rule that exists in Hockey (a la basketball). By the time Rajinder figured this out, India were already out of contention. But the psychological boost of a win over Holland in game 1 could well have propelled India to the title.
At any rate, it was a good learning experience, and I think India are still very much on track to be a strong gold medal contender (along with Holland and Germany) in Athens next year. The key will be to ensure that India wins its first two matches (which have usually been India's bane in every Olympics since 1980).

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