Sat., 15th of April - Mon. 17th of April 2006 (Mönchengladbach)
Four Nations Tournament - Men -
Argentina - India 2 : 3 (0:3)
Monday, April 17th 2006 - 12:00 in Monchengladbach
Asia's champion India won in a predominant match against Argentina 3:2 (3:0). A strong first half was enough for their victory. India is now on the third rank on the table, Argentina finished the tournament on rank four.
The game between the two pointless teams started in front of 1.000 spectators cautious. The Argentinean team waited just behind the middle line for attacks of the Asians who built up their game. The first great action was a penalty corner of the South Americans which could be cleared by keeper Chetri (7.). Minutes later the Indian team gained their first corner and specialist Sandeep Singh´s flick was blocked undeliberately by Lineman German Orozco to make the lead for the Asians: 0:1 (10.). After some attacks of the Argentinean team Tushar Khandkar made his way alone over the left side and passed the ball precisely to Rajpal Singh. He just had to black the ball into the empty goal: 0:2 (18.). Seven minutes later Raphla Singh scored again. This time it was Praboth Tirkey who passed him a strong flank from the right side. Although the Argentineans claimed high ball, umpire Rafa Ruiz decided for goal (26.).
The beginning of the second half started equal without any good goal chances on both sides. It was not until the closing minutes when the match got more exciting. The Argentineans could score two times within a few minutes: First Ezequiel Paulon shot a once blocked flick into the net (60.). Then Tomas Mc Cormick hit a penalty corner with the second shot high into the goal (66.). Argentina could have gained the draw in the finishing minute, but Retegui missed the goal by centimetres.
| Saturday, 15.04.2006 | ||
| RR | ARG - ESP | 0:1 (0:0) |
| RR | GER - IND | 4:1 (1:1) |
| Sunday, 16.04.2006 | ||
| RR | GER - ARG | 3:0 (0:0) |
| RR | ESP - IND | 5:3 (2:0) |
| Monday, 17.04.2006 | ||
| RR | ARG - IND | 2:3 (0:3) |
| RR | GER - ESP | 1:0 (1:0) |
| 4-Nationen-Turnier | |||||
| 1. | GER | 3 | 3 | 8:1 | 9 |
| 2. | ESP | 3 | 2 | 6:4 | 6 |
| 3. | IND | 3 | 1 | 7:11 | 3 |
| 4. | ARG | 3 | 0 | 2:7 | 0 |
Scorer:
11.' 0:1 Sandeep (PC)
18.' 0:2 Khandkar (FG)
26.' 0:3 Raspal (FG)
61.' 1:3 Paulon (FG)
66.' 2:3 Maccormick (PC)
Penalty Corner:
Argentina 6 (1 goal)
India 1 (1 goal)
MATCH REPORTS (PDF)
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