Stung by the defeat of 1-7 moral-competitiveness to Australia at their second league sightseeing, India did well to recover with three wins on Trot.
On Friday, in a contest packed against host Japan, they appeared 5-3 winners to go to KO with momentum on their side.
In the quarter-finals on Sunday, the Manpreet Singh-LED team will face the United Kingdom, which is third in Pool B following the 2-draw against the Belgian world champion in their last pool.
Against Japan at the OI Stadium, India entered course correction mode, making an honest effort to cancel the mistake from the previous match.
They do fulfill success, especially in Forwardline, which looks a lot better.
Head coach Graham Reid continued to make changes with Mandeep Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh rested for the game.
Both players will have an important role to play in KO.
Agression is a watch for India.
In the future overlap and interconnected.
Playing baseline teams also deserve to be considered.
Fast counters and have Japanese defenses under the pump for a better part of the first three quarters.
Japanese clothes to play open games are exposed to gaps in their defense and they are punished because of that.
India has 32 impressive penetration with 61% ownership.
Some of the first shots in India on goal within 10 minutes missed the sign, but Harmanpreet Singh put the team in front in the 13th minute with his obstacles stroking Japanese goalkeeper Takashi Yoshikawa before looking at the goal.
This is what India sought and they put up a relentless attack.
Simranjeet Singh and Gurjant Singh (the 17th minute) collaborated to double the advantage with the last score of close range.
Two minutes later, the hose by the Indian defense allowed Kenta Tanaka to ring the board.
The fighting battle continues with India mostly controlling the ball and Japan waiting to attack to the counter.
On the other side of the break, both teams increase speed but clearly India is a better team in the field.
India will take the heart of the fact that they found three field goals that day.
Results: India 5 (Harmanpreet Singh 13, Gurjant Singh 17, 56, Shamsher Singh 34, Nilakanta Sharma 51) BT Japan 3 (Kenta Tanaka 19, Watanabe City 33, Kazuma Murata 59).
Olympic: Indian men’s hockey against GB at QFS
