Kalinga Lancers 3-4 Soorma Hockey Club Highlights, HIL 2024-25: Harmanpreet Singh's SHC Clinch Victory After Late Drama

5' Thierry Brinkman (Kalinga Lancers) scores to gi🌄ve Lancers the lead.

11' Jeremy Haywar൲d (Soorma) converts a penalty corner to equalize.

15' Sanjay (Kalinga Lancers) scores in the final seꦛcond of the first ♐quarter to regain the lead.

35' 💙Nicolas della Torre (Soorma) equalizes from a penalty corner♍.

50' Harmanpreet Singh (Soorma) s🌳cores a penalty corner to give Soorma the lead.

52' Harish (Soorma) scores a ⛦scrappy goal to make it 4-3.

59' Vanasch sav𓄧es a penalty-stroke from Hendrickx to maintain Soorma’s lea♛d

What an exhilarating match! Soorma Hockey Club have emerged victorious with a hard-fought 4-3 win over defending champions Kalinga Lancers at the🦋 Birsa Munda Stadium.

After a dramatic show filled with numerous penalty corners, a penalty stroke, and a host of tense moments the Soorma held their nerve in the final stages, even after Kalinga Lancers had a chance to equalize to win their fi♎rst match of the season.

The drama c🐲ontinues as Kalinga Lancers are a🌄warded a penalty stroke, but Vincent Vanasch steps up to save Hendrickx's attempt, maintaining Soorma's lead.

The Lancers playing with 10 me🌳n after Dilpreet Singh's green card a𓄧re fighting hard.

What a game! Soorma 🤪are back in t🎃he lead with Harish scoring! Phil Roper delivers a perfect pass across the goal, and Harish makes a fantastic dive at the far post sending the ball in the net. Soorma take a 4-3 lead!

What a match! The Kalinga Lancers responds within a minute, equalisinღg through Gursahibjit Singh!🍷

GOAAAAL!! And this time it is none other than, Harmanpreet Singh who finꦦds the back of t🌌he net from a penalty-corner with a flawless drag-flick, putting Soorma ahead 3-2 in the final quarter!

Kalinga Lancers hav💛e reclaimed the lead with a goal 𝓀from Gursahibjit, who connected with a powerful pass from outside the circle and got just enough of a touch to direct the ball into the net.

NO! GOAL CANCELLED! The umpire has overt🅺urned Gursahibjit's goal after a refꦇerral. It was confirmed that the ball did not make contact with Gursahibjit's stick, and the score remains level at 2-2.

Early in the second half, the Soorma Hockey Club have leveled the score 💫at 2-2! Nicolas della Torre is the scorer, converting a well-exe🌳cuted penalty corner.

The Kalinga Lancers lead 2-1 at🅰 half-time in a hard-fought first half.

Lancers took the lead early through Thierry Brinkman and after Jeremy Hayward's e♎qualiser they regained it with a brilliant penalty corner flick by Sanjay just before the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter of💟 the game has🔥 been a disciplined affair with no cards shown so far.

Botওh teams have had their chances, with Kalinga Lancers continuing to press forward.

♑Kalinga Lancers maintain the lead desp🌜ite the Soorma's efforts.

And there goes the Lancers again! Sanjay scores with a brilliant flick off the penalty corner to put Kalinga Lanꦫcers back in the lead ending the first quarter on a happy note.

Soorma Hockey Club have equalized!

Jeremy Hayward converts a penalty corner with a powerful and precis🙈e drag-flick that beat Kalinga Lancers' goalkeeper Krishnan Pathak in the 11th minute. It's now 1-1!

Vedanta Kalinga Lancers tak♛e a 1-0 in the fifth minute lead as Thierry Brinkman scores!

The first five minutes of𒐪 the game has been action-packedꩵ at the Birsa Munda Stadium.

Vedanta Kalinga Lancers dominated e꧙arly with eight circle penetrations but failed to capitalize.

Kalinga Lancers

Goalkeepers:&n🍃bsp;Sahil Kumar Nayak, Toby Reynolds-Cotterill, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.

Defenders:&💝nbsp;Sushil Dhanwar, Antoine Kina, Partap Lakra, Arthur Van Doren, Enrique Gonzalez, Rohit Kullu, Alexander Hendricxx, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay♐.

Midfielders: Aran Zalewski♏ (C), Rosan Kujur, Rabichandra Moirangthem, Nicꦜholas Bandurak, Mukesh Toppo.

Forwards: Roshan Minz, Gursahibjit Singh, Angad Bir Singh, Deepak Pradhan, Thierry Brin♉kmann, Dilpreet Singh, Boby Singh Dhami.

Soorma Hockey Club

Goalkeepers: Mohith HS, Vincent Vanasch, J🦂ashandeep S𝕴ingh.

Defenders: Gurinder Singh, Ashu M𓆏aurya, Pradip Mandal, Nicolas Della Torre, Jeremy Hayward, Sukhvinder, Harmanpℱreet Singh (C).

Midfielders: Vivek Sagar Prasad, Ankushܫ, Victor Wegnez, Pra𒊎bhjot Singh, Sunit Lakra, Harjeet Singh, Nicolas Poncelet.

Forwards: Nicolas Keenan, Boris Burkhardt, Harish Somappa Mutagar, Phil R꧙oper, Paw💎an Rajbhar, Gurjant Singh, Maninder Singh.

The Kalinga Lancers Vs Soorma Hockey Club, Hockey India League match will be telecast live on DD Sports, Sony Sports 1, Sony Sports 3 and Sony Sports 4 TV channels in India. It 𒐪will be live streamed on the Sony Liv app and ♍website and the OTT app Waves in India.