Paris. Germany has entered the final of Paris Olympics 2024 by defeating the Indian team in the semi-final match of hockey. At the same time, after this defeat, the journey of Paris Olympics has come to an end for the Indian hockey team. Hockey India, which took the lead by scoring the first goal in this close match, was out of the medal race in Paris Olympics due to not being able to score a goal in the last six minutes.
However, the entire match will be remembered for Germany’s defense and Indian attack. The Indian men’s hockey team showed speed right from the beginning in the semi-final match against Germany and took a 1-0 lead in the first quarter itself. For India, Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal by capitalizing on a penalty corner and gave India the lead. This was Harmanpreet’s eighth goal in the Paris Olympics.
In the second quarter, Germany equalized the score to 1-1 by scoring a goal on a penalty corner. Gonzalo Pilat scored for Germany in the 18th minute. Christopher Ruhr scored a brilliant goal on a penalty stroke in the second quarter itself, giving the team a 2-1 lead. This (hockey) goal came for Germany in the 27th minute of the quarter.
(hockey) In the 36th minute of the match, Sukhjeet Singh equalized the score to 2-2 by converting a penalty corner into a goal. Then for about 17 minutes both the teams kept trying to take the lead but failed. But when the last 6 minutes were left in the match, Marco Miltkau scored for Germany in the 54th minute and gave Germany an important lead of 3-2 over India. Ultimately this score remained unchanged and Germany won the match.