Paris — The roar that greeted India men’s equaliser was one of the loudest at these Hockey Olympics as Harmanpreet Singh scored in the final minute for the second game running to keep his side unbeaten.
India secured a 1-1 draw with Argentina in their second Pool B match when Indian captain Harmanpreet netted a late penalty corner.
This after Lucas Martinez gave Argentina the lead in the second quarter.
“That was a good comeback. We’ve been fighting until the last whistle, we had so many chances. We’re glad that we scored a goal,” said Harmanpreet.
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“We created some chances, but the finishing was not there.
“In the next game we need to focus on our finishing. I think we were carrying the ball very well and getting into the circle. The finishing should be there.”
His goal was India’s first penalty corner goal out of 10 chances overall against the 2016 champions.
After Argentina’s 22nd minute opener they bossed proceedings in the third quarter and rued a missed penalty stroke from Maico Casella in the 37th minute.
Tomas Santiago said: “We feel disappointed because we were very close to getting the three points. But we (had) a good match defensively. We were strong. We have been very good at defending penalty corners.
“So we have to continue to try to be more accurate in attack, and be (tight) in defence as well. I think they are the main points that we should try to fix.”
