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Buenos Aires: The Indian women's
hockey team suffered a 0-2 defeat against Argentina in their latest encounter.
This was India's second match against the world number two ranked side after
matches with the Argentina junior women's and their 'B' teams in the ongoing
tour.
In Friday's match, early pressure created by the Argentina's forwardline helped push India on the backfoot in the very first quarter. A foot-foul by Indian defender in the striking circle, gave away a penalty corner to the home team which was well-capitalised by the experienced squad. Silvina D'elia scored the goal, in a tactically executed penalty corner, fetching her team a 1-0 lead in the second minute of play.
Though India didn't let this early setback dent their spirit and worked a disciplined structure to find opportunities in the striking circle, they could not manage to breach the strong Argentinian defence to score.
"If you don't convert your opportunities, you know the other team will and that's what happened today. Our structure was much better in this match and that's why in the first two quarters we created good opportunities in the circle," said chief coach Sjoerd Marijne about India's performance.
India will next take on the Argentina on Saturday. IANS