New Delhi, March 9, 2015: Before entering into the
Quarter Finals of the ongoing Hero FIH Hockey World League Round 2 (Women), the
eight participating teams were seen gearing up to play their last pool
match of the tournament, scheduled to take place tomorrow at Major
Dhyan Chand National Hockey Stadium here.
Sitting at the top of their pool table, in Pool B, Malaysia
has had an outstanding start to the tournament as they concluded both their
matches with a win. Where, in their first match, Malaysia defeated Kazakhstan
by 8-0, their second match against Russia ended with a 3-0 victory. Malaysia will now be taking on Singapore with an aim to continue
their winning streak.
Having lost their first match of the tournament against Malaysia on the opening day, Kazakhstan made an impressive comeback in their
second match against Singapore ,
where they defeated the latter with a 4-0 on board and are now preparing
to take on Russia , tomorrow.
Where Poland
has secured one win to their name in their first match against Thailand by 4-1, they lost by 2-0 to India
in a close contested match. Sweating it out on the field in order to
better their skills, Poland
is showing signs of being a tough contender in the tournament and that they are
ready to take on bigger challenges. Poland
will be playing their last pool match against Ghana , tomorrow.
Topping Pool A with two consecutive victories in the
tournament, hosts India
are riding high on their successful start in the league. Where India thrashed Ghana
with a whooping 13-0 on day 1, they also bagged their second match of the
league against Poland
by 2-0. Tomorrow, India
will be seen battling it out with Thailand , which has only one win to
its kitty out of the two matches played so far.
Speaking after their practice session today, Head Coach of
Kazakhstan Serik Kalimbayev said, “The practice session went really well.
The team is putting in their best effort for the upcoming game against Russia . Our
target is to win the tournament and we are planning our strategies
accordingly.”
Post their training session, Thailand
Captain Boonta Duangurai said, “We have our plans and strategies in place
for our match against India tomorrow.
India
is a strong team so we need to work really hard. We keep motivating each
other and work on our communication during the game, which is an integral
part.”
Excited on playing the next match against Singapore , Coach of
Malaysia Fatin Sukri Mahd said, “I am happy with the
matches played so far. We could have done better with the technical
skills. The next match is as important as the final match and we are motivating
ourselves to perform better in the match.”
Speaking on the preparations of the team, Malaysian Captain
Siti Ruhani said, “The practice today was quite satisfactory. In the
last match our target was to win and we accomplished that. But now we want
to keep going with full efforts to position ourselves so as to top our pool.”
Commenting on the team’s structure and the strategies,
Hockey India High Performance Director, Roelant Oltmans said, “Looking at
the less number of openings we gave away to the opponents, I think the
team is doing very good in terms of structure and defence as well. We created
good chances in the first game but in the second game against Poland Thailand
HI Press release
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