Indian Hockey has improved by leaps and bounds in last couple of years but when it comes to facing the stronger European teams, they are still faltering. If our loss to Germany in last 3 seconds was not enough, we again came to standstill after scoring an equalizer against the Dutch and one could sense they were almost praying to Gods that Holland didn't score, having lost S V Sunil and Raghunath to tackles and reduced to 9 playing men in the field. But Holland obviously scored playing aggressive hockey and like all good teams, they were in need of one defensive loophole in our D. But it wasn't that Gods were only with the Dutch....Indians came alive in last 4 minutes and in the very last minute with 6 seconds remaining, gained not one, not two but 6 penalty corners after rebounds and rebounds but unfortunately, couldn't score the equalizer and thus again, after playing such a competitive and hard-fought match, we lost the game 2-1........We haven't still qualified for QFs and yet to play Canada....Now one can be assured of Indians beating the Canadians but the way these teams are fighting and playing for the glory of the nations, I couldn't be at rest.......Indians must not be fearful of these big teams and I thought after Germany's match, they would take the confidence and play more attacking Hockey but today again, they went defensive after scoring the equalizer and knowing that a Draw would fetch them a place in QFs for the first time after Sydney Olympics......Everything is still in the air and it's time to go berserk.....Let's check whether we have made 'real' progress in World Field Hockey!!!!
Finally, yeah finally. Liverpool, my beloved lads in Reds conquered the England. 30 years. It's been a long wait but this title run was worth the wait..... From the bottlers of 2013-14 to the one point loser of 2018-19, to the Champions of 2019-20; it's been a remarkable story I am chasing after since 2004-05 and I have seem many come and go but Liverpool's RED stuck to me and Jurgen Klopp's mentality monsters just bulldozed their way through the English Premiere League title after 30 years in such a way that it seemed it was never ever far away from our grasp. Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur; look away now, guys.....this moment is ours to savour. There was a time when you laughed at us thinking how in hell Liverpool became 18 times champions of English Football bit this sweet 19th will remind you for a long, long time how we became 18-time English Champions at the first place. A huge shout-out to my man, Steven Ge...
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