FIH Hockey World League Final 2017, 1st Semi-final: India vs Argentina – As it happened...

Unpredictable is the word doing the rounds in the run-up to the match. And rightly, it's the best one to describe the Indian side which has once again allowed millions of fans to hope for a hockey revival in the country. Then, hopes crashed on a wet, rainy day.

Courtesy: Hockey India

India played an indifferent game, from the one we witnessed two evenings before, and paid the price. Argentina were a different beast, calm and collected, even in the wet playing conditions. They got one chance, and took it. It will be their maiden final. Once, again, India will fight for the third spot, against the losers of tomorrow's Australia-Germany second final match.

FOURTH QUARTER
INDIA 0 - 1 ARGENTINA

08 December 2017

21:10 IST

FT! A tight contest goes the visitors' way as India lose to @ArgFieldHockey in the Semi Final of the Odisha Men's #HWL2017 Final in Bhubaneswar on 8th December.#JunoonJeetKa #INDvARG pic.twitter.com/7nYlx0a6FO

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) December 8, 2017

20:55 IST

60th min. Brave fightback from the Indians in the last quarter. But that's not enough. India needed the first goal to dominated the game, but after conceding the first goal, it was never going to be easy. Then, there's rain, which both the sides endured. But India lost their captain for ten minutes at a time, when they were looking to make the difference.