{"id":2692,"date":"2012-02-22T06:55:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2012-02-22T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T06:55:28","slug":"india-thrash-france-6-2-in-olympic-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2692","title":{"rendered":"India thrash France 6-2 in Olympic Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: India thrashed France 6-2 and registered their third win in the  Olympic Qualifiers at the National Stadium. Indian drag-flicker Sandeep Singh scored his second consecutive hat-trick to put India at the top of the pool table.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>India dominated the first half for the third consecutive time in the  tournament. In the first five minutes India made it clear that they are a  team on the mission as they had their opener in the 4th minute.  Shivendra Singh has been playing well gave no chance to the French goal  keeper, Sardar Singh as usual was the man who gave the pass to the goal  scorer. Shivendra was not done though as he played a pivotal role in  India earning their first penalty stroke which was easily converted into  a goal by Sandeep Singh for India\u2019s third goal in the 30th minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In between these two goals Indian spectators saw the reason why  Sandeep is considered to be one of the world\u2019s deadliest drag-flicker.  The first opportunity that he got in the 9th minute saw Sandeep  showcasing his talent as the goalkeeper was clueless about his stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France showed that they will not be a pushover as they came back with  their first goal in the second short corner that they got. Lucas  Sevestre took a leaf out of Sandeep\u2019s book as he defeated the Indian  captain with a clean shot in the dying seconds of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The side changed but not the game. Shivendra who is looking in  ominous form single handedly won India its second Penalty corner in the  37th minute and Sandeep did the rest to complete his second hat-trick of  the tournament and put the score at 4-1 in favour of the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What happened in the 39th minute was a treat to watch for every  spectator present at the stadium. Shivendra and Sunil tore through the  French defence and unlike the last time where they earn the stroke this  time they converted their tremendous run into India\u2019s fifth goal.  Shivendra did all the hard work by beating the goalkeeper and giving the  pass to Sunil who did not let his senior partner down.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>India earned their 4th short corner in the 48th minute. Both Sandeep  and VR Raghunath were in the middle and for the first time India tried  the variation that their coach Michael Nobbs have been talking about for  some time. It didn\u2019t work though as the Indians looked confused and  Raghu\u2019s shot did not have any pace and was stopped easily.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fabien Magner did some good work in the opportunity that he got in  the 57th minute through a penalty corner as he became the second French  drag-flicker to beat Bharat Chetri tonight for their second goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>India scored their 6th goal from a clean strike from the veteran  Tushar Khandekar who before that minute looked virtually invisible in  the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: India thrashed France 6-2 and registered their third win in the  Olympic Qualifiers at the National Stadium. 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