Pro League: indian women's hockey team will face a tough challenge from argentina, eyes on comeback in Pro League
Argentina has won seven of its 12 league matches so far. india, which is in seventh place with nine points, is eyeing a comeback. Argentina is in second place in the table and will try to get full points to keep pressure on the top-ranked Netherlands.
The indian women's hockey team did not have a good start in the european leg of the FIH Pro League and had to face defeat in two matches against Australia. Now the Indian team will face the world's second-ranked team Argentina and the Salima Tete-led team will face this strong challenge. However, the team has very little time to organize itself.
Argentina has won seven of its 12 league matches so far. india, which is in seventh place with nine points, is eyeing a comeback. Argentina is in second place in the table and will try to get full points to keep pressure on the top-ranked Netherlands. India will play its first match against argentina on Tuesday and the second match a day later.
Before the match, Salima said, Argentina is the world's second-ranked team and has won seven of its 12 FIH Pro League matches so far. Before coming to this stage of the league, we knew that it would not be easy to beat them. But we will not give up without a fight. We will give our best in both the matches. The team is training well to compete with them and is working on different strategies to get crucial points against them.
Vice-captain navneet kaur said, as you saw the team has given a tough fight to australia in the last two matches and we are planning to do the same against Argentina. We will give our best and aim to win. A win against argentina will not only help us gain points but it will also boost the morale of the team as we will play matches against belgium and china in Antwerp and then Berlin.
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