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IND V POL ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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3 - 0

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Match Review IND - POL 3-0

IND v POL Goal 1 for INDPosted June 23, 2015

IND v POL Goal 2 for INDPosted June 23, 2015

IND v POL Goal 3 for INDPosted June 23, 2015

A rare goal from India captain Sardar Singh helped his team overcome a strong challenge from Poland, running out 3-0 winners to claim their second win in Pool A at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi Finals in Antwerp.

India’s talisman fired home a backhand rocket from the top of the circle seven minutes after half time break, adding to a delicate flicked finish from Yuvraj Walmiki in the second quarter. Devindar Walmiki - the younger brother of Yuvraj - also got his name on the score-sheet with an angled deflection eight minutes from the end of the game, putting the result beyond all doubt and moving India onto six points and leaving their European opponents still on zero.

“It has been a while since I have scored so it was a good time and it was a nice goal”, said India captain Sardar Singh after the game, who will now ensure that his troops are focussed for Thursday’s meeting against eternal rivals Pakistan.

Poland were delighted to welcome Bartosz Zywiczka back into the action after suffering a head injury in his team’s match against Pakistan on Saturday.

“We felt good going into this game, physically, but we made two or three mistakes and that cost us”, said Zywiczka. “We have been thinking more about the next game against France – that’s a game we have to win. We are near them in the rankings so it is an important game for us.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
IND	23	9	WALMIKI Yuvraj	FG	1 - 0
IND	42	8	SINGH Sardar	FG	2 - 0
IND	52	22	WALMIKI Devindar	FG	3 - 0

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
POL	23	29	POLTASZEWSKI Michal	G
IND	45	22	WALMIKI Devindar	G
POL	48	27	BRATKOWSKI Pawel	G

IND

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	3	SINGH Rupinder
8	6	SINGH Gurmail
X	7	SINGH Manpreet
X	8	SINGH Sardar	1
5	9	WALMIKI Yuvraj	1
X	10	SINGH Dharamvir
X	13	SINGH Gurbaj
X	14	UPADHYAY Lalit
X	16	PARATTU Sreejesh
6	22	WALMIKI Devindar	1	1
Bench	23	SINGH Harjot
X	25	SINGH Satbir
X	26	LAKRA Birendra
X	27	SINGH Akashdeep
X	28	KULAR Jasjit Singh
X	29	KANGUJAM Chinglensana
5	31	SINGH Ramandeep
6	32	THIMMAIAH Chandanda
		Team Manager	SANGWAN Sandeep
		Head Coach	van ASS Paul
		Stand-In Manager	SEBASTIAN Jude Felix
		Physiotherapist	IYENGAR Shrikant

POL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	MATUSZAK Arkadiusz
4	2	BROZEK Arkadiusz
X	4	RACINIEWSKI Michal
4	5	GUMNY Mijolaj
X	7	GÓRNY Tomasz
X	11	HULBOJ Mateusz
Bench	12	PACANOWSKI Maciej
X	13	WACHOWIAK Tomasz
5	14	ZYWICZKA Bartosz
X	17	MAKOWSKI Krystian
X	21	ZIMNICKI Dawid
X	22	MAJCHRZAK Karol
5	23	KOZLOWSKI Piotr
4	25	KROKOSZ Adrian
X	27	BRATKOWSKI Pawel		1
4	28	WEJEZOWSKI Maciej
X	29	POLTASZEWSKI Michal		1
X	30	POLTASZEWSKI Mateusz
		Team Manager	CICHY Tomasz
		Assistant Coach	SNIEZEK Karol
		Stand-In Manager	GROCHAL Mateusz
		Head Coach	JOSKOWIAK Jerzy
		Physiotherapist	STOLOWSKI Lukasz

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	PULLMAN Tim
Umpire 2	van ELEGEM Geoffroy
Reserve Umpire	LIZANA Eduardo
Video Umpire	van BUNGE Coen
Judge 1	McKAY Iain
Judge 2	WARRIS Rogier
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian