Antwerp: The Indian junior girls’s hockey staff continued their successful streak within the tour of Europe with a well-deserved win over Belgium. India edged previous the Belgian aspect with a decent scoreline of 2-1 on the Hockey Heart of Excellence, Wilrijkse Plein in Antwerp, Belgium. Lalthantluangi (35’) and Geeta Yadav (50’) scored targets for India. The primary half remained goalless as either side couldn’t handle to interrupt the impasse within the tight contest. Within the thirty fifth minute, India lastly scored the opening objective as Lalthantluangi efficiently transformed a lucky penalty stroke. Within the final quarter, Van Hellemont (48’) scored the equaliser by a subject objective for Belgium.
Nevertheless, simply two minutes later, Geeta Yadav replied with a subject objective herself and grabbed the winner for India. India then defended properly to fend off the Belgian assaults within the ultimate 10 minutes of the sport and ensured they loved one other win over Belgium. After wrapping up the promising outing on the 4 Nations Match in Rosario, Argentina, the Indian staff has now reached Europe for the five-match tour, which they kicked off their tour of Europe with a implausible win in opposition to Belgium on Sunday. The Indian aspect received the sport 3-2 on the Hockey Heart of Excellence, Wilrijkse Plein. After two consecutive wins, the Indian junior girls will subsequent play Belgium for the third and ultimate time of their Tour of Europe on June 12. In Argentina, the Indian aspect delivered robust performances in opposition to high quality opposition. They registered a 2-1 win and a 2-2 (2-3 SO) loss in opposition to Chile, earned a 1-1 (2-0 SO) win and a 2-4 loss in opposition to hosts Argentina, and defeated Uruguay twice — 3-2 and 2-2 (3-1 SO).
