FIH Hockey Women's Olympic Qualifiers 2019: India v United States of America live commentary, updates, highlights and results

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FT: 🇮🇳 5-1 🇺🇸

Give it up for our #IndianEves for their impressive performance against Team USA in the first-leg of the @FIH_Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Odisha!#IndiaKaGame #INDvUSA #RoadToTokyo #Tokyo2020 #KalingaKalling #GiftOfHockey pic.twitter.com/C62aGzho18
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 1, 2019

That was surely a 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 performance! 🔥👏🏼#IndiaKaGame https://t.co/wAoX0tIy5C
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 1, 2019

FINAL: 🇺🇸 1 - 5 🇮🇳#RoadToTokyo | #Tokyo2020 | #GiftOfHockey pic.twitter.com/weyBzi6XOr
— USA Field Hockey (@USAFieldHockey) November 1, 2019

A FOUR-GOAL CUSHION FOR THE INDIANS BEFORE THEY HEAD INTO THE SECOND AND FINAL LEG OF THE QUALIFIERS TOMORROW.

THE USA HAD THE ASCENDANCY ALL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF BUT THE INDIANS FOUND THE MARK JUST BEFORE THE LONG BREAK AND RETURNED TO THE PITCH WITH RENEWED VIGOUR TO OUTRUN AND OUTMANOUVER THE USA GIRLS WITH FOUR QUICK GOALS

THE USA HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE AFTER GETTING ONE BACK THANKS TO A PENALTY STROKE BUT ARE THE AMERICANS GOOD ENOUGH TO CANCEL OUT INDIA'S FOUR-GOAL ADVANTAGE??

FOUND OUT AT SIX TOMORROW EVENING!!!

FULL-TIME: INDIA 5 - USA 1

59' Savita takes her time as the US strikers advance menacingly but the shot is way off-target

58' BALL CLEARED AND THE INDIANS SPRINT AWAY BUT FAIL TO CONTROL THE BALL IN THE STRIKING CIRCLE

57' MATSON WINS A PC FOR THE USA - FIND REENA'S FOOT IN THE CIRCLE

55' SHARKEY MISSES FROM NEAR POINT-BLANK RANGE AGAIN - THE INDIANS FAIL TO EXECUTE A COUNTER AT THE OTHER END

54' The Americans clear the lines and try to string together passes in midfield - the Indians back in numbers

INDIA 5 - USA 1

MATSON REDUCES THE DEFICIT FOR THE USA

53' Grace fails to lift one cleanly - Parker brings it down - THE USA HAVE A PENALTY STROKE - NIKKI PULLED UP FOR AN OBSTRUCTION

INDIA 5 - USA 0

GURJIT KAUR - HAS SHE EVER MISSED FROM THERE???????? GOALLLL!!

HAS PAOLINO OBSTRUCTED MONIKA? YES, SAYS THE VIDEO UMPIRE

50' INDIA HAVE A PENALTY STROKE - THE USA WANT TO REFER!!

DEEP GRACE RUNS DOWN THE US DRAG FLICKERS - GREAT WORK!

THE REPLAYS KEEP PLAYING HERE - WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE??? INDIA LOSE THEIR REFERRAL

HAS THE BALL TRAVELLED FIVE METERS BEFORE THE FREE HIT?

49' THE US HAVE A PC AFTER AN INDIAN STICK CHECK - CAN SAVITA KEEP THIS ONE OUT??? HOLD ON - THE INDIANS HAVE REFERRED THIS ONE

49' SIAMI FAILS TO READ NAVJOT'S CROSS AS THE BALL TRAVELS HARMLESSLY ACROSS THE GOALMOUTH!

48' SUSHILA GETS A GREEN BUT THE INDIANS IN CONTROL AS MARIJNE LOOKS ON

INDIA 4 - USA 0

46' MATSON TRIES TO INSPIRE THE USA WITH A GREAT RUN - NAVNEET SCORES OFF A COUNTER WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FROM SALIMA - INDIA HAVE A FOURTH!!!!

WHAT A TURNAROUND WE HAVE WITNESSED - THE INDIANS HAVE COME BACK INTO THE GAME TO PULVERISE THE VISITORS WITH A FLURRY OF ATTACKS IN Q3 - CAN THEY KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM IN Q4?

END OF Q3: INDIA 3 - USA 0

44' PAOLINO GETS A GREEN - THE AMERICANS ON THE DEFENSIVE

KELSY BING TO THE RESCUE FOR THE USA - NOTHING WRONG WITH GURJIT'S FLICK, THOUGH - GREAT HOCKEY ALL AROUND!

43' YET ANOTHER PC TO INDIA - CAN THEY SCORE A FOURTH?

INDIA 3 - USA 0

42' INDIA HAVE A PC - HOW MANY GURJIT KAUR MISS????? NOT THAT MANY - LOW AND POWERFUL TO THE RIGHT - GOALLLL!!

40' Rani has a chance to score India's third - shot sizzles across the face of goal!!

INDIA 2 - USA 0

SHARMILA SCORES FOR INDIA

37' THE INDIANS HAVE THE ASCENDANCY AFTER TAKING THE LEAD - INTO THE ATTACK AGAIN - GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

GREAT FLICK FROM GURJIT - EQUALLY GOOD SAVE FROM THE US GOALIE!

36' The younger ones in the side lively as ever - Salima and Sharmila keeping the US defence busy!! INDIA HAVE A PC!

35' Sushila Chanu shows her experience - helps mop up after the USA attempt to build up a move on the left

GURJIT'S SHOT IS BLOCKED - SUSHILA FAILS TO GET ENOUGH STING ON HER GOALBOUND EFFORT

34' MONIKA EARNS A PC FOR INDIA

34' Both teams scrambling for midfield possession - Reena too far short as Lilima's through ball goes out of play - the Indian defenders playing far upfield!

32' A series of turnovers as the second half action begins

30' HALFTIME: 🇺🇸 0 - 1 🇮🇳#RoadToTokyo | #Tokyo2020 | #GiftOfHockey pic.twitter.com/uZRF3aJsEd
— USA Field Hockey (@USAFieldHockey) November 1, 2019

IT WAS THE USA ALL THE WAY - BUT GUESS WHO HAS THE LEAD AT HALF-TIME - WERE THE HOSTS A BIT OVERAWED BY THE OCCASION EARLY ON??

RANI'S RUN INJECTED PACE BACK INTO AN AN INDIAN OUTFIT WHO SEEMED TO BE IN A DAZE FOR A WHILE - BUT SOME LATE PRESSURE HELPS THE HOSTS SCORE AT THE KALINGA STADIUM

WHAT A SECOND HALF LIES IN STORE!!

HALF-TIME: INDIA 1 - USA 0

29' THE INDIAN CAPTAIN, ALL BY HERSELF SPRINTS FORWARD AND ANGLES ONE IN FROM THE LEFT - NO WHITE SHIRT IN THE VICINITY THOUGH

THE PC WASN'T STOPPED PROPERLY BUT THE INDIANS KEPT PASSING THE BALL CLEVERLY AND LILIMA MINZ PUTS INDIA AHEAD!!

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!