Dragflick Newsdesk : A pleasant weekend with ups and downs noticed India and Germany ladies’s staff share the honours of their FIH Professional League 2021/22 two-legged tie in Bhubaneswar. Whereas Germany received the primary match 2-1 within the shootout, the house aspect bounced again with a exceptional 3-0 shootout win within the second leg as each the video games led to a 1-1 attract regulation time.
Reflecting on the efficiency, Indian Ladies’s Chief Coach Janneke Schopman mentioned that the staff’s focus is to enhance and do higher in each sport.
“Our focus is to enhance and do higher in each sport, which I feel we’re doing it. In Saturday’s sport, we didn’t begin effectively, however within the subsequent sport, we began effectively. Nonetheless, within the second sport, we obtained slightly bit on the backfoot after dropping the video referral after which the PC that went in as a result of a participant obtained despatched out.
I simply reminded the gamers at halftime that we are literally within the sport and also you simply need to maintain working laborious and maintain to our sport plan and win the balls. I feel we created sufficient alternatives. The one factor to say is that we should always win in regulation time and never in shootouts,” mentioned Janneke after India’s win within the second match.
Following their 1-2 shootout loss within the first sport, India had been profitable in changing their first three makes an attempt in a shootout within the second leg. Salima Tete, Sangita Kumari, and Sonika had been the goalscorers for India, whereas Captain and goalkeeper Savita stood tall to disclaim Germany’s all three makes an attempt in what was a dramatic shootout.
Talking concerning the shootouts and what all enhancements the staff made within the second leg, Savita mentioned,
“Shootout is a state of affairs of stress. After so a few years, it was our first shootout on Saturday, so our gamers and I made a number of errors. However, we labored on these errors and thought that we simply need to implement what we do within the coaching if the match heads to the shootouts. So, we labored on our errors from the Saturday sport and carried out the learnings in Sunday’s sport. We’ve very skilful gamers in our staff they usually all had been capable of rating simply.”
Two players- Akshata Abaso Dhekale within the match on Saturday and Bichu Devi Kharibam within the match on Sunday made their debuts within the double-header in opposition to Germany.
Talking about performances of debutants, India coach mentioned,
“We’ve quite a lot of younger gamers. Akshata has actually proven quite a lot of progress within the coaching periods. She is a brilliant participant, she defends effectively, she is calm. If she retains rising, she has an excellent future. Bichu Devi, the goalkeeper additionally made her debut immediately, she is an excellent goalkeeper.
Deepika and Sangita too have performed slightly bit they usually begin to have extra confidence. They obtained extra on the ball utilizing extra of their abilities. That’s what I need, I need them simply to play and never be nervous about any mistake they make. I’m actually proud of the performances, however there’s quite a bit to be taught for them.”
With 12 factors from six video games, the Indian Ladies’s Workforce presently sits on the second spot within the FIH Professional League 2021/22 standings. They’ll subsequent play a double-header in opposition to England in FIH Hockey Professional League 2021/22 on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar at 17:00 hrs IST on April 2nd (Saturday) and third (Sunday).
