India vs Italy FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Highlights: India defeated Italy 5-1 of their final group stage encounter of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers at Ranchi, thanks to 2 targets from Udita and contributions from Deepika, Salima Tete, and Navneet. The Indian crew will tackle Germany within the semis.
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Even a draw would have been sufficient for the Indian ladies’s hockey crew to enter the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics qualifiers. The Italian facet is thought to be difficult opponents that favours a bodily fashion of play and maintains a sturdy defensive construction. It will imply India have their work lower out towards Italy regardless of being higher ranked.
The Indian ladies’s hockey crew’s marketing campaign began with a defeat to USA, which piled on strain on the facet earlier than they defeated New Zealand to place one foot into the semis. In an earlier sport on Tuesday, USA defeated New Zealand of their final group stage match.
With New Zealand (three factors) failing to win towards the USA (9 factors), India (three factors) will merely need to keep away from defeat towards Italy (0 factors, purpose distinction -5).
Observe highlights of IND vs ITA from Ranchi beneath
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