There is a factor referred to as power and I do not assume we had that: Indian hockey coach Graham Reid after CWG thrashing

Indian hockey crew had been thrashed by Australia within the Gold medal match on the Commonwealth Games 2022. Indian coach Graham Reid ripped into the crew criticising their method.

Indian crew concede a purpose towards Australia. (Courtesy: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTSIndian head coach Graham Reid fumed on the Indian crew for his or her powerAustralia dominated circles penetrations within the lastIndian captain Manpreet Singh obtained injured within the second quarter of the match

Indian hockey males’s crew had been thrashed by Australia within the hockey gold medal match 7-0 on Monday, August 8. India weren’t capable of run the circulate of the sport even for a single quarter of the match, getting overrun by the talent and tempo of the Australian crew.

Indian head coach Graham Reid was in no temper to mince phrases and referred to as out the power of the Indian crew.

“There is a thing called energy and I don’t think we had that today,” Reid advised PTI after the match.

“When you play Australia this can happen sometimes. But I’m disappointed we didn’t play well at all. We let ourselves down and all the things we talked about we didn’t do. It’s disappointing.”

He identified the truth that India weren’t capable of put stress on the ball.

“We could not get pressure out of the ball today, we needed to do that. We talk about getting in front of the day,” Reid stated.

“Pressure will always be there at the big stage. It’s never away, who knows what history is in store, it’s hard to gauge. I told them that the most important thing was to play our best and the result will look after itself. As I said we have got a lot of work to do.”

Reid, himself an Australian, is aware of what it takes to beat his house nation in an enormous match.

“At the end, it boils down to winning one-on-one battle and we didn’t win that today. If you want to win a final, that’s what you have to do. You have to win every single battle.”

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