The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has issued an apology for a mistake that occurred during a shoot-out in the middle of a Commonwealth Games women’s hockey semi-final match. India and Australia, which resulted in Hockey Russia retaking a shot which was saved by Indian goalkeeper Savita.
India’s goalkeeper Savita had saved the shot taken by Ambrosia Malone, but the umpire soon stepped in and asked for it to be taken again as the timer had failed and had not started.
Australia took the shot again and this time they scored and won the shoot-out 3–0, ending an impressive comeback by the Indian team, which were trailing 0–1 for a large part of the match and then Back to level. fourth quarter.
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The FIH said in a statement, “In the semi-final match of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games between Australia and India (Women), the penalty shootout was accidentally started too early (the clock was not yet ready to operate), for which we Apologize.” Saturday.
The FIH, however, defended the decision to retake the penalty but promised to review the incident thoroughly to avoid similar issues in the future.
“The procedure in place for such situations is that the penalty shootout has to be redone, which was done. FIH will review the incident thoroughly to avoid any such issues in the future, FIH said in its statement.
Our statement on the penalty shootout issue:
in the semi-final match of @birminghamc22 The penalty shootout at the Commonwealth Games between Australia and India (Women) accidentally started too early (the clock was not yet ready to operate), for which we apologise. (1/2)
— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) 6 August 2022
The umpire’s decision has been heavily criticized with the hashtag #cheating trending on social media in India.
Indian women’s hockey team head coach Jeanneke Schopman and goalkeeper and captain Savita Punia have expressed displeasure over the umpire’s decision. The coach was acrimonious in his comments, saying “those who don’t understand the game make the decisions”.
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