Hockey world cup 2010 – day 5

06Mar10

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The day was the perfect example of mighty conquering the weak cause in every match of the day the team which was the favorite of winning went on to not only win the match but also winning by a margin .

For hosts it was the day when hopes of making to the semis after more then 20 years as they went down to mighty Spain 5-2 in the last match of the day Spain scoring in the last minute of the first half were 2-0 up in the first half itself later in the second half it was the goal feast both teams scoring 4 goals in the span of 5 minutes of the start of the second half scoreline 4-2 again in favour of Spain then Spain scored in the last 5 minutes of the match again ending the match with 5-2 scoreline .

In the first match of the day If somebody wanted to know what happens when a title contender plays against the minnows then in my opinion that person needed to watch this Australia vs South africa match which was a clear example of this above stated thing .It took Australia 16 minutes to score their first goal after that the maximum time difference between two goals was of 8 minutes Australia scored as many as 12 goals in the match equalling the Pakistan’s record of maximum goals to be netted in the goal post in a single match.Luke Doerner scored 5 goals in the match .

For Pakistan it was the same story as for India going down by 5-2 goal margin to the unbeaten england team and with this it is almost clear that India and Pakistan are both out of the World cup .

Pool standings after 5 days of the world cup is as follows :-