India vs Belgium HIGHLIGHTS, Paris 2024 Olympics Hockey: IND 1-2 BEL; Belgium scores two in second half to beat India

Belgium hands India its first defeat of Paris 2024 Olympics. The two second half goals from Stockbroekx and Dohmen ensure three points for the defending champion. It is all but sure to finish in the top spot. India has to face Australia on Friday and will need a win to finish second in the group.

Into the final minute of game and Belgium has the ball.

Sreejesh is off. India with 11 outfield players.

What a save! Van Aubel blocks Harmanpreet’s corner off the line. India goes for a referral but fails to get a stroke.

India wins a PC. Mandeep with a trap inside the circle and the ball tips over the line off a Belgian stick.

Belgium controlling the ball in its half. India trying to get it back with a high press.

Rajkumar is shown a yellow card for a foul on van Aubel. India will be one man down for the next five minutes.

WIDE! Sanjay’s shot from the right side of the circle is off target.

MISSED! Boon with a golden chance to double the lead for Belgium. He tries to take a shot, falling back to get to the ball, but does not connect.

Sreejesh saves! The second shot from Boon flies wide of goal but Belgium has a long corner which means it must have taken an Indian stick.

Belgium wins a PC! A circle entry from the right. Shamsher Singh with a stick check that leads to the short corner.

De Sloover has been hit on the head in that spell of play. He is going off for treatment.

CHANCE! Abhishek takes a shot from the right side of the circle. Vanasch saves the first shot and then the second from Sumit. 

India makes a circle entry from the left but de Sloover with a timely interception to get the ball back for Belgium.

Belgium with the final quarter pushback.

Belgium’s relentless attack finds a way to crack the Indian defence twice in the third quarter. It’s an uphill task for Harmanpreet & Co in the final period.

Amit Rohidas’ penalty corner is savd by Vincent Vanasch. Belgium then gets a free hit for the ball hitting an Indian foot.

Belgium takes the lead. Sreejesh manages to save the attempt again but there is a goalmouth melee with three Indian defenders and two Belgium attackers. And somehow Dohmen puts the ball into the goal.

The second shot is saved again but Belgium gets a third penalty corner.

The first attempt from Hendrickx is saved but Belgium gets another bite at the cherry.

A penalty corner for Belgium. Stockbroekx hits the foot of Sukhjeet. 

Abhishek with a darting run from the Indian half. He plays it to Manpreet who is fouled by Hendrickx. A green card for Belgian defender.

The ball hits van Aubel on the foot just as he reaches the Indian circle. A small deflection of an Indian stick turning that play into India’s favour.

India wins the ball from Onana as he tries to make a way into the Indian circle through the right.

Lalit is fouled as India is mounting a counter attack. No card shown to the Belgian player though.

Harmanpreet plays the ball in but it comes off Sukhjeet’s foot. Free hit for Belgium.

Belgium levels! De Sloover with some brilliant stick work to enter the circle from the left. Van Aubel plays it across the face of goal before Stockbroekx taps it into the net.

Sumit tries to play the ball into the circle from the left wing but ends up hitting a little to high. The referee awards a free hit to Belgium.

Belgium starts the proceedings for the second half.

The Abhishek goal gives the lead to Craig Fulton’s side at half time. India has managed to keep Belgium attack at bay too, even during a flurry of attacks. But it would be too early to start celebrating and getting ahead and India would know it. Still two quarters left.

Denayer lets an aerial ball out of control and Belgium loses possession.

Jarmanpreet intercepts once more but a loose pass to Mandeep sees him give away the ball.

India with a long spell of possession which ends when Jarmanpreet tries to find Sukhjeet in the circle but fails to.

WIDE! Vivek Sagar Prasad with a neat collection on an aerial ball. He turns and shoots but cannot find the target.

Belgium launches a swift counter down the right wing. The ball is in the Indian circle before Jarmanpreet intercepts. Tom Boon is shown a green card for a foul on Harmanpreet.

Amit Rohidas takes the shot in Harmanpreet’s absence. He finds the net but it is ruled out for dangerous play. 

A penalty corner for India. Sukhjeet with the most subtle deflection off a Hardik pass to find the Belgian foot. 

MISSED! De Sloover with a shot from the centre of the circle. The ball hits Sreejesh on the pads and goes wide of goal.

SAVED! Sreejesh with another save. Hendrickx is the drag flicker but the shot is right at the centre of the goal. 

Kina wins a PC for Belgium. That is a sly moves. He is at the edge of the circle with the ball and plays it onto Harmanpreet’s foot. The Indian captain is caught by surprise on that.

Onana tries to play a pass into the circle from the left but misses all possible options in the circle.

India trying to keep the ball in the midfield. Manpreet is pressed on that occasion by multiple Belgium shirts but he is able to find the pass out of danger.

INDIA LEADS! A howler by de Sloover costs Belgum a goal. He gives the ball away at the edge of the circle. Abhishek is waiting to pounce. He takes the ball, moves into the circle and fires it low to sound the board.

Abhishek with a neat turn at the centre of the field to leave his marker behind. He opens the ball to Vivek at the left. He takes a tomahawk but misses.

India with the possession to get the second quarter underway.

Belgium’s penalty corner was the most clear chance in the opening period. India was able to save it. It has had the better of the possession but would want to covert that into clear shots at goal.

Belgium overloading the left wing but India not giving any space to make a circle entry.

Jarmanpreet’s slash across the circle from the right is deemed dangerous. Fee hit for Belgium.

Denayer chases an aerial pass played into the Indian circle but it has too much power on it and runs over the baseline.

Van Aubel fails to trap a long aerial pass and sees the ball run out of play.

SAVE! Vanasch is forced into a save by Abhishek. He gets the ball at the top of the circle and takes a shot. 

Sreejesh with a save! He blocks the corner with his pads and Hardik is up there to clear the ball.

Belgium is going for a referral, appealing for a PC. Boon enters the circle from the left but Sreejesh comes off his line to clear the ball. It, however, ricochets onto Sumit’s foot and India has to defend a PC.

Jarmanpreet is the target of an aerial pass but he concedes a free hit for dangerous play.

A circle entry for Belgium from the right wing, the ball comes towards Onana who cannot meet it at the goalmouth.

India with a circle entry from the right flank but the Belgium defence stays calm and gets the ball out of danger.

Hardik plays an aerial into the Belgium circle from the left but the man inside the area cannot trap it.

India with the higher possession so far but it looks in no hurry to take the attack onto Belgium. Happy to patiently build play and look for space.

Sumit tries to find Abhishek in the final third on the left flank but plays the pass a bit too long. The ball runs out of play.

Harmanpreet tries to slap the ball into the circle from deep. No Indian to meet it in the circle and Belgium wins the possession.

Belgium gets the possession back for a few seconds but it gives it away trying to enter the Indian circle from the right.

India with the pushback. 

The teams are on the turf. The Indian national anthem first, followed by Belgium’s.

India has scored six goals at Paris 2024 so far, but only one of these has come from open play. Three have been from penalty corners while two have come from strokes.

beat Ireland 2-0

beat New Zealand 2-1

beat Australia 6-2

beat New Zealand 3-2 

drew Argentina 1-1

beat Ireland 2-0

Vincent Vanasch, Arthur van Doren, Gothier Boccard, Alexander Hendrickx, Arthur de Sloover, Felix Denayer (c), Antoine Kina, Victor Wegnez, Florent van Aubel, Nicolas de Kerpel, Nelson Onana Alima

PR Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh (c), Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Abhishek, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh

1. Belgium - 9 points

2. India - 7 points

3. Australia - 6 points

4. Argentina - 4 points

The live streaming for the India vs Belgium hockey match will be available on JioCinema. 

The match will be telecast on Sports18 and Sports18 HD.