The Indian hockey team has faced defeat in the semi-finals in the Paris Olympics 2024. With this, Team India's dream of reaching the final after 44 years also got shattered. In a thrilling semi-final match, Germany defeated India 3-2 to enter the final. With this, Team India will have to wait once again to win the gold medal. However, the Indian team has a chance to return with a medal from Paris. Team India will now stake its claim for the bronze medal, where it will face Spain on August 8. Germany will face the Netherlands for the gold medal.
First Half: Team India fell behind after taking the lead
After making it to the semi-finals by winning two big and tough matches against Australia and Great Britain, the morale of the Indian team was high. Team India took this high spirit to the field and made a great start and got a penalty corner in the third minute itself. However, not a single goal could be scored in it. After this, India got 3 consecutive penalty corners between the seventh and eighth minutes and captain Harmanpreet scored a goal with a mischievous drag flick in the third minute to give Team India the lead. From here, Team India made some more attempts but Germany stopped them.