Panna King Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Gunnersauraus said: @Panna King Holland scores very highly in terms of equality between men and women. Do you think this affects Holland's performance in hockey and sport in general? Interestingly Norway score high and they have done well in women's football. Holland in general are very competitive in most sports in men but more so in women sports lately. Hockey though has always been a national sport and they follow the typical Dutch philosophy like in football they want to win playing the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 05/11/2018 at 11:01, Azeem said: Let us go back to 1978 In 1978, Argentinawas hosting two World Cup Tournaments. Hockey World Cup started at Buenos Aires in March 1978 and Soccer World Cup in June 1978. Pakistan won the hockey World Cup by defeating Holland in the final. Throughout the hockey world cup, a wonderful Pakistan team managed by Abdul Waheed Khan and capatined by Islahuddindisplayed a breathtaking attacking game. Crowd and connoisseurs got attracted alike. Argentina’s soccer manager Cesar Luis Menotti became intrigued by Pakistan’s sublime technical skills. Midway through the hockey world cup, on a rest day, Pakistan manager Abdul Waheed Khan was informed that the manager of Argentine soccer team, Menotti, had arrived on his personal plane to see him. The Argentine chain-smoking coach always favored a stylish, attacking game based on skill and technique. Abdul Waheed Khan had prepared Pakistan’s attacking strategy upon concept of double attack – if a move from right side failed then they made all the possible efforts to immediately initiate a move from left side on the assumption that most of the opponents’ defence had become concentrated on the right side, and vice versa. Abdul Waheed explained to Menotti his strategy of ‘double attack’, as well as the ‘use of wingers’ whenever it becomes difficult to override the opposition through the middle. He watched a training session of Pakistan team with Waheed. “I explained to him how it all worked in practice. He noted a few points and then left the ground. The rest is history.” Argentina went on to win the soccer World Cup for the first time. And Menotti sent Waheed a telegram acknowledging that the Pakistan hockey team’s ploys had come in very handy to him! Thus it can be said that however small or big, Pakistan’s hockey World Cup victory helped in Argentina’s Soccer World Cup victory in 1978. @Berserker You are welcome @SirBalon This might interest you too Wow, hadn't ever heard about that. Thanks mate. I'll support Pakistan if they play against India now. Where did you got that from anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, Berserker said: Wow, hadn't ever heard about that. Thanks mate. I'll support Pakistan if they play against India now. Where did you got that from anyway? Was searching about field hockey football similarities, came up with this along with other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Starts Today Match Day 1 Belgium vs Canada India vs South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Matches will be shown live on the YouTube Channel of FIH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnisExcubitor Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Not much sound here in the country, apart from the state where it is held. Might change if the team starts dping well or if they face Pakistan. Read that the Saffers had to pay for their own air tickets. Fancy us to smash them today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Belgium leading Canada 1-0 in the first quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Belgium 2-1 Canada Belgium were quite comfortable in the first two quarters but Canada came back hard in the next two with almost equalizing in the end . Great goalkeeping by the Canadian keeper made three great saves in certain goal scoring positions. This group might not be that easy if Canada play like this against India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 India leading 2-0 at half time but South Africa slowly getting back into the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 India 5-0 South Africa Despite the scoreline South Africa really put forward a game too bad they couldn't score. Third quarter was where they really looked dangerous and that was where they lost the game as India scored two quick goals. India looked confident going forward, their drag flicking seemed weak though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnisExcubitor Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Watched the match. The matches will only get tougher from here on. Agree with you Azeem. They started strongly after the half, but those goals we scored put the game to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Argentina 4-3 Spain Great game, first real game of the tournament. Spain had the possession but Argentina's counter attack game won it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 New Zealand 2-1 France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Interesting thing to note. The Irish team in field hockey represents the whole island of Ireland and they use this special flag for the Irish hockey team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 31 minutes ago, Azeem said: Interesting thing to note. The Irish team in field hockey represents the whole island of Ireland and they use this special flag for the Irish hockey team. They also do the same in Rugby, that the whole the land is one but they have 2 anthems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Australia 2-1 Ireland England being held by China at 1-1 who are making their debut in the tournament. Fascinated by the smaller teams performances against top teams good for the game in general but especially this event will be more harder than i thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 England 2-2 China When England we were leading in the 4th quarter, they didn't had a killer attitude, just happy to pass the ball around and "manage the game". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Netherlands 7-0 Malaysia Watching the Dutch play hockey is always a treat. Malaysian keeper getting good value for his match fee today despite the score line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 This blue surface is punishing on the eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 I'm expecting this to be thriller or Germany completely thrashing us like what happened to Malaysia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Germany 1-0 Pakistan Great performance by us although a draw would have made the game against Malaysia easier and something more to play against Netherlands. Defensively we were great, Germany's strength was play making which we neutralized by our man marking. Rizwan is our main offensive man and he was silent though out the game and not winning penalty corners these two were my main concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 1, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted December 1, 2018 Not many sports the wife will watch with me but hockey or rugby union she will, she played some hockey in her time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Spain 1-1 France New Zealand 0-3 Argentina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 England 0-3 Australia Ireland 1-1 China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Germany 4-1 Netherlands Great game of hockey, Germany resisted through out the game but than broke off in the final quarter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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