Sandeep hattrick India to third win
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh continued his goal-scoring spree as he scored a hat-trick to guide favourites India to a convincing 6-2 win over France in an enthralling match of the men's hockey Olympic Qualification tournament on Tuesday.
It was India's third consecutive win.
India earned four penalty corners in the match and Sandeep (9th minute, 30th, 37th) converted two of them while scoring his third from a penalty stroke.Shivendra Singh (4th), S V Sunil (39th) and Tushar Khandker (62nd) score the other three goals for the home team, while Lucas Sevestre (35th) and Fabien Magner (57th) converted two penalty corners for the French team.
By virtue of two today's three goals, Sandeep has moved to the top of the goal-scorers tally with seven strikes.With this win, India moved to the top of the men's pool with nine points from three matches while France dropped to the third spot on goal-difference even though they have same six points as second-placed Canada.
India will play 14th-ranked Canada in a crucial round-robin match on Wednesday, while France (18th ranked) will be up against a lowly Italy.Even though the 10th ranked Indians were by far the better team on display today, they lacked co-ordination in the midfield and were guilty of losing possession of the ball in search of quick attacks.The Indians also missed plenty of scoring chances and wasted two penalty corners out of the four they got in the match.
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