It all comes right down to this one. The Indian ladies’s hockey crew will hope to clinch the Olympic spot by beating Japan within the third-place playoff on the FIH Women’s Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi on Friday.

India will take the sector lower than 24 hours after an intense battle with Germany within the semifinal.

Savita Punia and co. did their greatest towards the Germans however the house crew misplaced the match in penalty shootout sudden demise. The match resulted in a 2-2 draw after 60 minutes of play. Even the penalty shootout was stage and it took a pure second of brilliance from Germany’s Lisa Nolte to beat Savita and clinch the match for her crew.

With the shootout tied at 3-3. Nolte, together with her again dealing with the goalkeeper, took the shot between her legs and the ball going by Savita’s toes to make sure victory for the Germans.

Coming into the semifinals on the again of successive victories within the group stage, India began properly within the first quarter and it was a dragflick from Deepika (14′) from a penalty nook that put India within the lead.

Despite the Indians enjoying a decent protection and hardly giving Germany any time on the ball, Charlotte Stapenhorst (26′) got here up with a stunning management and end to make it 1-1 within the second quarter.

Both India and Germany got here near having their noses in entrance on a number of events and it was Stapenhorst (56′) but once more who scored an excellent subject purpose to place Germany within the lead with simply over three minutes left on the clock. With one and a half minutes to go, India went stage courtesy a purpose from Ishika (59′) who rightly anticipated a rebound from a penalty nook.

With the match heading into shootouts, Sangita, Sonika and Lalremsiami scored for India whereas captain Savita was sensible in entrance of purpose but it surely was Germany that held on to their nerves to beat India 4-3.

The match is scheduled to begin at 4.30 pm IST.

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