Hockey: India concede series to Germany after shootout loss in second match
Germany ended up scoring their third goal in the 60th minute through Henrik Mertgens, taking the match into a shootout.
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The Indian men's hockey team beat Germany 5-3 in regulation time but lost the series to the reigning world champions after coming short in the shootout. Germans scored 3-1 in the shootout to bag the bilateral hockey series.
In the regulation time, Sukhjeet Singh (34', 48'), Harmanpreet Singh (42', 43') score a double while Abhishek (45') also added to the scoreline. For Germany, Elian Mazkour (7', 57') and Henrik Mertgens (60') scored.
Though India began the match with a PC in the fourth minute, it was Germany who drew the first blood following a quickfire counter-attack launched in the 7th minute. Abhishek had made a circle entry from the left flank, but his shot on goal was unsuccessful. Germans ensued this opportunity to strike.
The reigning world champions were riding on a 2-0 win from the first match, and won another opportunity to score in the 12th minute through a PC, but failed to convert. Though India had an opportunity to score in the 14th minute through a PC too, Danneberg made a fine save.
In the second quarter, Vishnu Kant and Shamsher played tag-team to trouble the German defence but couldn't find an equaliser. In the following minutes, both India and Germany won PCs but neither could...
