Indian team shows nerves of steel to defeat Spain 1-0 in final

The Indian Womens Hockey Team put in a fantastic display as they defeated Spain 10 in the final to win the FIH Womens Nations Cup 2022 here in Valencia on Saturday Indian remained undefeated during the tournament and also got promoted to the 202324 FIH Hockey Womens Pro LeagueIndias only goal in the Final came from Gurjit Kaur 6It was Spain with the first pushback of the Final after which both sides looked to control possession with the home team winning an early PC Indian Captain and Goalkeeper Savita made an excellent save before her team earned their first PC of the match Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur went to the left side of the Spanish goalkeeper Clara Perez and managed to beat her to put India ahead in the first quarterIndia played brilliantly at the start of the second quarter to break the Spanish press as Lalremsiami earned a PC for the team but this time Gurjit Kaur could not manage to beat the goalkeeper with her dragflick Spain soon regrouped and made several entries in the Indian circle before earning a PC at the halfway stage of the second quarter However Spain failed to find the back of the net as Savita stood tall in front of the goal to keep India ahead at the end of halftimeSpain began the second half aggressively in search of an equaliser and Savita came off the lines to make a fine save India got a chance to score their second goal of the match after they earned a PC The Spanish goalkeeper was alert and dived to the right of the goalpost to keep her team in the game Spain controlled the possession brilliantly and showed excellent ball rotation in Indias half and it nearly paid off when Lucia Jimenez put the ball in the back of the net However the goal was disallowed as the ball did not travel five meters outside Indias circle after the umpire gave a free hit to SpainAlso readFIH Nations Cup Indian womens hockey team triumphs over Chile 31The final quarter saw exciting action between both teams Spain pressed high in search of their first goal and earned a PC 10 minutes before the full time whistle However the Indian defence stood firm and kept the ball away from their net Salima Tete found herself in a goalscoring position in the opposition half but she failed to beat Clara Perez with a tomahawk Spain then earned a PC late in the quarter before Savita dived to her right to make an excellent save and India won the Final by a goal differenceHockey India has also announced Rs 2 Lakh for each player and Rs 1 Lakh for each support staff of the Indian Womens Hockey Team that won the FIH Womens Nations Cup 2022This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever