Bhubaneswar: Belgium remains unbeaten, they won all the four league round matches of the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League played at the Birsa Munda Hockey stadium in Rourkela. In the last league round match on Saturday, they edged out India by 4-2 goals.
Belgium dominated the show in the first quarter by nailing three goals and putting the host in the backfoot. Hugo Labouchere drew the first blood in the 11th minute and Arthur Sloover scored a goal in the 15th minute. Inform dragflicker Alexander Hendrickx’s brace in the 14th and 17th minutes powered the Belgium win over India,
After conceding four goals, In the second quarter onwards pulled their shocks, from the middle of the field Abhisek drag the ball into the circle and his shot was stopped by the goalkeeper and the deflection received by Lalage Aditya Arjun with a smart push scored a goal for the host in the 24th minute and the first half scoreboard read as 1-4 in favour of the visitors.
After the change of sides, Indian skipper. Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal in the 37th minute, but it was not enough to stop Belgium to register another victory.
