India confident against Italy in a crucial cross match

The Indian women's hockey team has reached the stage knockout of the 2018 Women's World Cup Sunday after finishing his third and final Pool B game against the United States in a 1-1 draw. Third place in Pool B. India will now play Italy in its cross-over phase: in view of its crucial match against Italy, the captain of the Rani team Rampal said the team will have to do everything in the game. if they want to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. "We need to focus on ourselves, strengthen our strength and make sure we use our positives in the match against Italy." There is no doubt that we have to go all out in this crucial cross match if we want to see us in the quarterfinals, "Rani said.

Updates from the live hockey match between India and Italy, Valley Hockey & Tennis Center Women's World Cup, London

India kicked off the tournament by a draw against England, but the goal of Neha Goyal allowed India to take the lead, but Lily Owsley tied for England. In their second Pool B match, India lost to Ireland 0 to 1. Speaking of India's performance against the United States, Rani said, "Before the match against the United States, we discussed how our do-and-die match and even though we all knew that a draw would be enough, we wanted to go for the win. I think the "hungry to win" attitude helped us on Sunday. "During our training sessions, we play a lot of games or we get involved in match situations where we are under pressure and work on how we can play without undergoing external pressure. a crowded stadium. We enter a match with the attitude that if we play a good match then the crowds will support us and we have to fight for the ball. I am proud of the way the team has played against the United States and now we still have to do all we can to win against Italy, "said Indian skipper

. against China in their first match of group A. Italy has continued its momentum by imposing 1-0 win against Korea, winner of the Asian Champions Trophy, but was beaten 1 to 12 by the Netherlands in their third and final match, Italy is a serious contender and is inspired by their victory at the 2015 World Hockey League Semi-Final Tournament, where they had beaten Italy in shootout: "Italy is a good team and it has also won good victories in this tournament.But we must go into the match with the belief that we can beat them and we have to Inspired by the 2015 World Hockey League Semi-Final Tournament where we beat them in a shootout exciting, "said Rani