India skipper Manpreet Singh and his teammates Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh and Krishan Pathak were allegedly yelled at by Hockey India CEO Elena Norman for being in the Kalinga Stadium's VIP lounge on Tuesday evening.

A former India player wrote on social media that Norman screamed at the India skipper saying, "Get out from here. How dare you come here? Just shut up and get out." It was claimed that Norman even used foul language in the presence of a host of Olympians and former players at the lounge. Manpreet, however, played down the issue yesterday. "It was our mistake. Players from all teams are not allowed in the lounge. It's not a big issue," he said at a press conference on the eve of India's quarter-final clash with the Netherlands.