Yekatarinburg, Russia, 10July 2016: India’s junior team came back strongly in their second game against Dinamo Storitel in the EurAsia Cup to record a 3-2 victory in an entertaining game today.
In a surprisingly slow paced first half, India dominated the possession but didn’t manage to convert the possession into goals till late in the game. Dinamo, despite being under pressure, managed to win two consecutive PCs but India’s defense into a brilliant save off to keep the scores level. Soon after, with minutes to half time, Gurjant scored the opener for India to take them into half time with a 1-0 lead.
Dinamo hit back soon after the restart, via a PC in the 45th minute and then took a shock lead with a second goal in the 46th minute via L Mikhail. India though kept their heads and continued playing their possession based style, and soon enough had the equaliser, Varun scoring in the 53rd minute via a PC. With a minute of the game left to play, Parvinder scored to give India the lead and a second win on the trot in the EurAsia Cup.
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