India vs Spain Hockey Live Score, Paris Olympics 2024 Bronze Medal Match Live Updates: IND will take on ESP at at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium on Thursday
India vs Spain Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024 Men’s Hockey Bronze Medal Match Live Updates: India are taking on Spain in a Paris Olympics Bronze Medal match. The Indian hockey team is trying to win a medal it had won three years ago after losing a nail-biting game against Germany.
India at Tokyo 2020 did manage to get a bronze medal and will be hoping to replicate something similar in Paris today. Additionally, India also boasts of a good record against Spain in recent times. In the last five IND vs ESP meetings, Harmanpreet Singh’s side has defeated Spain on four occasions, and in the Tokyo Olympics India had the better of the Spanish side 3-0.
Our senior reporter Mihir Vasavda is at Paris’ iconic Yves-du-Manoir Stadium to cover the India vs Spain bronze medal game. Scroll down to read his inputs from the venue in Paris.
If you look at the overall India vs Spain head-to-head record, in the 16 times the India vs Spain match has happened, India lead 6-5 with five games ending up in draws. The FIH rankings see India placed at fifth spot with 2771.06 ranking points while Spain are eighth at 2547.16 ranking points.
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Colombes: Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh at the end of the men’s hockey semi-final match between India and Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Colombes, France, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. India lost the match. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)
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Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh uttered the exact same words after his side’s last two matches, but the feelings behind them couldn’t have been more contrasting. The first time was after the sensational backs-to-the-wall performance against Great Britain in the quarterfinal where India heroically held on for a 1-1 draw with 10 men on the pitch for 42 minutes, before winning the shootout. That day, he was brimming with confidence, looking forward to the semifinal challenge. A first shot at a gold medal after 44 years? Bring it on. (Read more from Vinayakk Mohanrangan)
