Youth Olympic Games: Indian women record second win in hockey
Youth Olympic Games: Indian women record a second win in hockey The Indian women’s hockey team continued its winning spree in the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games defeating Uruguay 2-1 in its second match of the Hockey 5s competition in Buenos Aires on Monday. Striker Lalremsiami was again on a scoring spree as she scored both the goals for her team. For Uruguay, its only goal was scored by Magdalena Verga (10th minute). Also Read: Youth Olympic Games will have a Unique Start The Indian team after its 4-2 victory in the opening match against Austria, looked confident from the start and scored through in-form striker Lalremsiami in the opening minute. India dominated the first period and saw a goal being disallowed in the 9th minute when Mumtaz Khan thought she had given India a 2-0 lead, but the umpire blew the whistle for a foul. Uruguay's goalkeeper Victoria Bate produced a fantastic performance to make 13 saves in the match out of India's total 15 shots on target, to keep her team in the match. The South Americans found possession of the ball in the last minute of the first period and scored the equalizer at the stroke of half-time through Magdalena Verga (10') to make for an interesting second period. Also Read: Youth Olympic Games will have a Unique Start However, the second period was again dominated by the Indian team as it looked for a winner. The Indians took as many as 25 shots in total during the match, but could only manage to convert twice. The second instance was in the 19th minute when Lalremsiami popped up again to snatch a 2-1 win for her team. -PTC NEWS
