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Breaking News : Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina

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Breaking News : Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina
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Breaking News : Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina:It will be Olympic champions and World number one Argentina versus World Champion and Defending champions Australia in the Odisha Hockey World League Final summit clash at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. While the Olympic champions defeated the hosts India 1-0 in the first semi-final on Friday, defending champions Australia took full measure of Germany 3-0 in the second semi-final on Saturday. Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina Hockey history is being created here as never before Argentina and Australia have figured in a FIH tournament final. Interestingly, both the front runners for the  title ended their earlier round robin league encounters without a win. Australia played all three drawn games in the pool while Argentina suffered losses at hands of Belgium and Spain in the pool games. Today, Australia played like world champions keeping their strong European rivals Germany at bay in a game that witnessed some vintage hockey. Australians had such a superb control that Germans could not make use of any of the four penalty corners they earned during run of play. Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina Trailing 0-2 till 50th minute, Germans withdrew their goalkeeper to add extra offender. This move, too, proved counter productive as Australians managed to swell their final tally to 3-0 with a  virtual gift goal in the 59th minute when Aran Zalewski scored from top of the circle with an empty goal before him. Australians started controlling the game from the start by forcing their first penalty corner in the eighth minute. Though the first goal came late in the third quarter when Dylan Wotherspoon scored a brilliant field goal in the 41st minute. Six minutes later, the Aussies consolidated the lead when Jeremy Hayward made no mistake from the second penalty corner. Odisha Hockey World League Final : Title summit set between Australia and Argentina India will now take on Germany for the bronze medal. In the second edition of World Hockey League Final, India had beaten Holland to claim the bronze. -PTC News-
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