Indian Eves Defeats the Girls of Germany 2-1 in Valencia

In a hard fought match played against Germany, Indian eves emerged victorious 2-1 in their last match of the Spain tour played in Valencia on February 22. The matches were in preparation for the FIH World League Round 2, to be held in New Delhi from 07 - 15 March, 2015.

Ambassador of India to Spain, Mr. Vikram Misri and the Secretary Mr. Chander Parkash Gandhi were seen enjoying the match and supporting the Indian eves to go for the win.

Both the teams started cautiously as neither team wanted to give the initial edge to the other. The teams made desperate attempts to strike the goal post but all went in vain and the entire first half of the game proved to be a dry run for both the teams.

It was Deepika who opened the score card for Indian eves and surged ahead in the 40^th minute by scoring a field goal taking the score to 1-0. Germany did not sit back, and pressed hard in search of an equaliser but the Indian eves displaying some spectacular stick work as they dominated the game and kept the ball in their possession for long. It was through the stick of Amandeep Singh who successfully converted the penalty corner in the 55^th minute to double the lead for India.

Germany did not disappoint themselves and played with a single intention to score and open their score card. Germany’s Marie Mavers finally broke the shackles and slapped the ball towards the nets and pumped in a lone goal through a field effort in the 59^th minute taking the score to 2-1. Unable to add any further goals the game ended with India taking the win 2-1 against Germany.