In a stressful end to the crossover fit in opposition to New Zealand, the Indian workforce misplaced in a sudden-death shootout to bow out of the identify race. The consequence took the sheen off the event as early because the crossovers and the hosts have been left to combat for the Ninth-Sixteenth position playoffs.
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India discovered some scoring shape on Thursday in the second one part in their first placement fit in opposition to Japan, hammering the Asian Games champions 8-0 in entrance of a capability crowd in way over 21,000 fanatics on the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium. But it did not finish the spherical of difficult questions thrown at Coach Reid.
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“It’s been a tough three days to be honest,” mentioned Reid after the win over Japan. “There has been a mixture of feelings of disappointment and frustration, that we’ve let the people down…But what I am proud of is that we tried to keep focus on (by beating Japan)…So it’s only half the job done at the moment.”
India will tackle South Africa of their final fit of the World Cup on Saturday, which is able to come to a decision whether or not they end within the most sensible 10 a number of the 16 groups that experience featured within the event.
Reid’s respond to a query about his contract because the workforce’s trainer urged that he’s anticipating some difficult days forward.
“I’ve signed thru to Paris (Olympics), however we’re going to be reviewing, I suppose, on the finish of this (World Cup). But as I mentioned, the following recreation is South Africa for me. That is what I’ m that specialize in.