Indian hockey eves draw second match against Spain

ANI  |  Madrid [Spain] 

The second of the five-match series between the Indian women's team and ended in a 1-1 draw here at the Consejo Superior de Stadium last evening.

It was Spain's (14'), who opened the scoring, but India's Anupa Barla cancelled out her goal in the 54th minute which meant that the match ended in a well-fought draw.

The opening quarter saw both the teams vie for possession in midfield and creating a few chances.

It was the hosts who managed to take the lead in the 14th minute as their 26-year-old forward found herself in space and scored in her second consecutive match to put the pressure on the visitors.

World number 10 started the second quarter well and had a couple of chances, but could not manage to beat the Spanish The Indian midfield made sure that they won back possession quickly to put pressure on the hosts, but the hosts kept up a resolute defensive structure to take their 1-0 lead into half-time.

started to get into rhythm in the third quarter with the defence keeping out Spain's efforts and converting the defence into attack quickly.

A strong third quarter performance from the Indian team saw them knocking on the hosts' door, with coming close to finding the equalizer in the latter minutes of the quarter.

India's replaced with Swati at the start of the fourth quarter. The world number 10 team continued playing some attacking in the last quarter as well and put constant pressure on the hosts, which saw the visitors earn an equaliser in the 54th minute when Anupa Barla's deflected shot went past Spanish into the back of the net.

The Indian team could have scored a late winner as they were high on confidence in the closing stages of the match, however came to the World No. 11 team's rescue to keep the scores levelled at 1-1.

The two teams will play the third of their five matches on Friday.

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First Published: Thu, June 14 2018. 11:55 IST