{"id":8361,"date":"2012-07-12T03:46:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T03:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2012-07-12T03:46:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T03:46:42","slug":"tri-nation-hockey-india-lose-to-south-africa-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8361","title":{"rendered":"Tri-Nation hockey: India lose to South Africa 3-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/01shivendra.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Indian hockey\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/><strong>La Albericia, Cantabria: <\/strong>India went down fighting 3-4 to South Africa in its last friendly in the run-up to the Tri-Nation at La Albericia, the capital city of Cantabria, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The goal scorers for India were Danish Mujtaba, Sandeep Singh and SK Uthappa while Clinton Panther, Thoton McDade, Llyod Norris-Jones and Justin Reid Ross were on target for South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton Panther put South Africa ahead in the 9th minute, scoring a field goal. Thoton McDade scored another goal for his team in the 17th minute. India\u00a0 reduced the margin four minutes later with the field goal scored by forward Danish Mujtaba. <\/p>\n<p>Going into the second half India created good moves penetrating in the circle and leveled 2-2 in the 47th minute through a penalty corner converted by Sandeep Singh. However three minutes later Llyod Norris- Jones put South Africa ahead. India fought back strongly and equalized seven minutes later through a field goal by SK Uthappa.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa scored the winning goal in the 61st minute through a penalty corner by Justin Reid.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the Tri-Nation India drew Spain 3-3 before losing the second test 1-2 and beat South Africa 6-5 in the first friendly. The four matches helped the Indian players adjust to the blue turf.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>India will now play against Great Britain on 14th July 2012 in the inaugural match of Tri-Nation series at Santander, Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Albericia, Cantabria: India went down fighting 3-4 to South Africa in its last friendly in the run-up to the Tri-Nation at La Albericia, the capital city of Cantabria, on Wednesday. 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