Tamil Nadu: In the ongoing Junior Hockey World Cup in Tamil Nadu, the Indian team had to face a 5-1 defeat against Germany in the semi-final match. After this, Team India still had a chance to win the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match played on 10 December, Team India faced the Argentine team and on the basis of the excellent performance of the players, they won the match by a margin of 4-2 and won the bronze medal. At one time in this match, Team India was lagging far behind, but at the last moment they completely turned the match around.
Team India made a tremendous comeback in the last quarter
In the bronze medal match of the Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 against Argentina, the Indian hockey team was seen playing under a lot of pressure for the first three quarters in which it was trailing 2-0. After this, it was a do or die situation for them in the last quarter and in such a situation, Team India made a brilliant comeback and completely turned it around in the remaining 15 minutes of the match. In this, Ankit Pal opened Team India’s account by sending the penalty corner to the goal post and then immediately got another penalty corner, which Manmeet Singh also sent to the goal post, leveling the match at 2-2.
The decision to remove the goalkeeper proved costly for Argentina
After the match was tied at 2-2, the confidence of the players of Team India clearly increased and then Sharda Nand Tiwari took the third penalty corner into the goal post with three minutes remaining and put the Indian team ahead 3-2 in this match. In such a situation, Argentina decided to remove the goalkeeper and played with an extra player, which also benefited Team India and they managed to score another goal, which made the match 4-2 completely tilted in favor of the Indian team and their bronze medal was also confirmed. For Team India, which has won the Junior Hockey World Cup title twice so far, this is its first bronze medal in the history of the tournament.
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