The first match was played between Chile and Czech Republic on the second day of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier at the Marang Gomke Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. In the match, Chile registered an easy 6-0 victory over Czech Republic.
The Chilean team dominated the opposition team from the beginning. Consuelo de las Heras scored a goal in the 13th minute of the first quarter of the match. After which Chile took a 1-0 lead over Czech Republic. After which both the teams were seen struggling for the goal in the second quarter.
As soon as the third quarter started, in the 36th minute, Captain Uros Manuela scored the second goal of the match. A few minutes later, taking advantage of the penalty shootout, Chile scored the third goal.
Camila scored the third goal on the 38th minute. In the 44th minute of the third quarter, Antonio Morales Orchard scored another goal to put the team ahead 4-0. As soon as the fourth quarter of the match started, Captain Euros Manuela once again scored a goal for Chile in the 47th minute.
In the last minute of the match, Maria Maldonado scored a goal for Chile in the 58th minute, giving Chile a 6-0 victory. Chile had to face defeat at the hands of strong Germany on the first day. Now Chile’s last match will be against Japan.
Expressing her happiness over the victory, Chile’s captain says that we had struggled a lot in the game with Germany. In such a situation, we had decided that this time we will play exactly the way we always play. We were sure that we would register victory. And that’s what happened. The second half was even better for us.
He said that we created many goalscoring opportunities and also scored a goal. At the same time, on getting the Player of the Match award for scoring two goals, she says that she is definitely happy about it but I am more happy for the team’s victory.
At the same time, after losing the match, the captain of Czech Republic says that today was definitely a bad day for us. We tried a lot but we could not do well. She further says that everything went wrong. The captain said that after the second goal we stopped defending. Due to this the level of our game also dropped. But from the next match we not only have to defend but also play better in the match.