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India stun New Zealand U21 side in Canberra
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The New Zealand U21 side was looking to back up their
impressive first outing against Australia when they met India in their
second match of the Tri-Series in Canberra. India used a late first-quarter
goal to be the difference-maker in the match as they would go onto take the
contest 2-0 to leave all three sides on one win after the first round of
matches.
The New Zealand side was slow out of the blocks and it was
India who found themselves in the lead heading into the first quarter break
1-0. New Zealand turned the ball over deep in India territory, the Indian
side then capitalised on this as they would break down the other end of the
field and pass the ball around the New Zealand goalkeeper to put themselves
in the lead.
New Zealand would then regain their composure as they would
construct several more scoring opportunities throughout the contest
including several penalty corners. The Indian goalkeeper Bichu Kharibam was
proving to be a difference-maker in the contest as she stifled several of
the Kiwis scoring opportunities.
As the contest wore on the Kiwis continued to press, against
the run of play India earned themselves a penalty corner where the ball
would trickle over the goal line in the final minute of play to seal the
win for India.
New Zealand will now have a rest day before they return to
the turf on Friday against Australia.
New Zealand U21 Women’s Coach Katie Glynn reflected on the
tough match against India “The second game provided a tough challenge for
the group. A little bit of a slow start with some basic errors had the team
on the back foot against a fast and skilful Indian attack who converted at
the end of the first quarter. After settling at half time we came out and
controlled the second half well, creating some good goal scoring
opportunities but were unable to convert. The final quarter had the girls
throwing everything forward trying to find that equalizer only to concede
again in the dying seconds of the game. Some great learnings for the team
coming up against a style of play they were not used to. A rest day today
will provide some good recovery time before coming up against Australia
again tomorrow”.
New Zealand 0 India 2 (Lalrindiki 15 min, Prabhleen Kaur 60 min) |
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