 "Rio Olympics: India beat Argentina 2-1 in crucial hockey playoff")
The Indian men's hockey team clawed its way back, albeit partially, with a 2:1 win over Argentina at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
Chinglensana Singh put India ahead in the 8th minute, and were ahaed by a solitary goal at the end of the second quarter. The team then consolidated its position with a second goal, when Kothajit Singh scored off his stick.
The Indians, who had suffered a 2:1 loss to Germany on Monday after the winning team went ahead in the dying moments of the game, yielded a solitary goal with about 11 minutes to the whistle.
That goal came off Argentina's first penalty corner in the game.
India now face Canada in the next game.
Chinglensana Singh put India ahead in the 8th minute, and were ahaed by a solitary goal at the end of the second quarter. The team then consolidated its position with a second goal, when Kothajit Singh scored off his stick.
The Indians, who had suffered a 2:1 loss to Germany on Monday after the winning team went ahead in the dying moments of the game, yielded a solitary goal with about 11 minutes to the whistle.
That goal came off Argentina's first penalty corner in the game.
India now face Canada in the next game.