London: The Indian women's hockey team could not break the streak of half a dozen consecutive defeats in the FIH Pro League and lost 2-4 to Germany here on Saturday, which is its seventh consecutive defeat in the tournament.
The Indians squandered a two-goal lead when Sunilita Toppo and Deepika scored excellent field goals in the opening quarter to give Harendra Singh's side their best chance to break the ice.
Sunelita (9th) and Deepika (15th) scored brilliant field goals to give India a huge morale-boosting 2-0 lead, but it was soon canceled out by Germany's Victoria Huss, who converted penalty corners in the 23rd and 32nd minutes. Converting it into a goal gave him the lead. Team on level terms.
After this, Stin Kurz (51st minute) converted the penalty corner into a goal, after which Jul Bluel increased the problems for the Indians by scoring a field goal in the 55th minute.The latest defeat comes after India lost all four of its matches against Belgium and Argentina in Antwerp last month and then suffered defeats against Germany (1-3) and Great Britain (2-3) here last weekend .
Hurt by half a dozen defeats in a fortnight, India made a much better start on Saturday as Lalremsiami took the lead in the opening minutes.
The experienced forward first created some space to draw the ball into the circle and then fired a powerful shot on goal, but it was saved in time by German goalkeeper Julia Sonntag.
The Indian midfield then laid a perfect ball to an unmarked Sunalita in the ninth minute, which the teenage midfielder put past Sonntag to give world No. 5 India the lead.
Deepika then gave a proper lesson about scoring on the counter when she cleverly snatched the ball in midfield and ran forward with Vandana Katariya.Vandana picked out Sontag before passing the ball to Deepika, who tapped it in with ease just two seconds before the end of the first quarter.
However, German penalty-corner specialist Victoria converted two penalty corners, one each in the second and third quarters, erasing India's lead.
Deepika made some good runs in the circle in the second half, but was unable to time her shots for maximum impact.
The last quarter of the game was a story of complete dominance by the German forwards, who launched a flurry of attacks to dominate the Indian defence.
India will play Great Britain in its last Pro League match on Sunday.
The Indians squandered a two-goal lead when Sunilita Toppo and Deepika scored excellent field goals in the opening quarter to give Harendra Singh's side their best chance to break the ice.
Sunelita (9th) and Deepika (15th) scored brilliant field goals to give India a huge morale-boosting 2-0 lead, but it was soon canceled out by Germany's Victoria Huss, who converted penalty corners in the 23rd and 32nd minutes. Converting it into a goal gave him the lead. Team on level terms.
After this, Stin Kurz (51st minute) converted the penalty corner into a goal, after which Jul Bluel increased the problems for the Indians by scoring a field goal in the 55th minute.The latest defeat comes after India lost all four of its matches against Belgium and Argentina in Antwerp last month and then suffered defeats against Germany (1-3) and Great Britain (2-3) here last weekend .
Hurt by half a dozen defeats in a fortnight, India made a much better start on Saturday as Lalremsiami took the lead in the opening minutes.
The experienced forward first created some space to draw the ball into the circle and then fired a powerful shot on goal, but it was saved in time by German goalkeeper Julia Sonntag.
The Indian midfield then laid a perfect ball to an unmarked Sunalita in the ninth minute, which the teenage midfielder put past Sonntag to give world No. 5 India the lead.
Deepika then gave a proper lesson about scoring on the counter when she cleverly snatched the ball in midfield and ran forward with Vandana Katariya.Vandana picked out Sontag before passing the ball to Deepika, who tapped it in with ease just two seconds before the end of the first quarter.
However, German penalty-corner specialist Victoria converted two penalty corners, one each in the second and third quarters, erasing India's lead.
Deepika made some good runs in the circle in the second half, but was unable to time her shots for maximum impact.
The last quarter of the game was a story of complete dominance by the German forwards, who launched a flurry of attacks to dominate the Indian defence.
India will play Great Britain in its last Pro League match on Sunday.
