The Indian men's hockey team is looking in great form this time in the Olympics 2024. The hockey team is in the semi-finals of the Olympics for the second time in a row. Team India defeated the England team, which is second in the world rankings, in the quarter-finals of the Olympics 2024 on Sunday. Now the whole country is expecting a gold medal in hockey from the Indian team. In such a situation, there is a big responsibility on Team India. Apart from India, Pakistan is also expecting a gold medal from Team India. The former veteran player of the Pakistan hockey team has said a big thing in his statement about Team India.

Big statement of Pakistani player
Pakistan hockey legend Hasan Sardar is impressed with the performance of the Indian hockey team in the Paris Olympics. Pakistan's great center forward Hasan Sardar has given only one advice to the team led by Harmanpreet Singh. He told Team India that play like a winner and no one can stop you from winning gold. Hasan Sardar won the gold medal for Pakistan in the Los Angeles Olympics 1984. During an interview with PTI, he said that when Pakistan is not playing in hockey or cricket, I always support India. This is one of the best teams of India, which has improved a lot and is giving tough competition to European teams.

Mental preparation is necessary in the semi-finals

Sardar said in his statement that this team has a golden opportunity to win the first gold in Olympic hockey after 1980 and I think they will win. I was very impressed with their performance against Australia. The Indian team is good and they have to play with the mind that we can win. At this level, only mental preparation makes a difference. Hasan Sardan defeated the Australian team in the 1984 Olympic semi-finals. Recalling his preparations at that time, he said that we defeated Australia in the semi-finals. We talked about this in the team meetings and we were confident that we could defeat them. India will also have to play against Germany in the semi-finals with this confidence.

When will Team India's semi-final be played

The Indian team will now play its next match against Germany on 06 August. In this match, Team India will play without Amit Rohidas. After Amit Rohidas got a red card in the quarter-finals, despite playing with ten players for about 40 minutes, India defeated Britain 4-2 in the penalty shootout. Team India will miss Amit Rohidas in the final. He has been banned for one match by FIH. The second semi-final will be played between Netherlands and Spain.