TOKYO, JAPAN – AUGUST 05: Simranjeet Singh of Team India celebrates scoring their fifth goal with teammates during the Men’s Bronze medal match between Germany and India on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Oi Hockey Stadium on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)2021
India beat Germany 5-4 in a pulsating match to win bronze, their first Olympic medal since 1980.
India celebrated wildly after coming from 3-1 down to win 5-4 against Germany to claim Olympic bronze in the men’s hockey tournament their first medal at the Games for 41 years. A heartbroken Germany finish off the podium in fourth, the first time the men’s side have not won a medal at an Olympics since 2000.
Germany started quickly at the Oi Hockey Stadium, taking the lead in the second minute with a deflected goal from Timur Oruz. Their midfielders dominated the quarter but goalkeeper Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh kept out the shots.
In the second quarter, India’s Simranjeet Singh scored the equaliser before Germany restored the lead through Niklas Wellen. Benedikt Furk then shot into an unguarded net after India conceded possession, to go 3-1 ahead. Two penalty corners for India saw Hardik Singh score on the rebound from the first, while Harmanpreet Singh nailed the second. Going into half time it was 3-3.
India started brightly in the third quarter earning a penalty stroke in the first minute from which Rupinder Pal Singh scored to extend India’s lead to 4-2. Three minutes later, Simranjeet scored his second goal of the game to extend India’s lead to 5-3.
Germany scored another goal in the fourth quarter courtesy of Lukas Windfeder but it was not enough as India won the match 5-4 to take the bronze.
Australia take on Belgium in the gold-medal match later in the day.
Source: https://olympics.com/
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