By Hamad Hussain
KARACHI
(TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: The three times gold
medalist Pakistan hockey team will start their 2012 gold medal hunt in London Olympics
2012 with their first match against European giant Spain today at Riverbank
Arena, London.
The world record holder penalty corner specialist and
pride of Pakistan Sohail Abbas will lead the Pakistan hockey team in the London
Olympics. Pakistan hockey team had very unimpressive warm-up matches where they
lost to Belgium by 2-0 and they were humiliated by Netherlands with 5-1.
Pakistan hockey team is placed in Group A where they
will meet Argentine, Australia, Spain, South Africa and host Great Britain. The
umpires for today’s match are Taylor Simon and Iggo Nigel.
This will be the ninth competition between Pakistan
and Spain in Olympics. Pakistan have won four in last eight encounters in
Olympics between two teams while Spain were the winner on two occasions. The
matches were ended a draw on two occasions. Pakistan scored 18 goals against
Spain in eight matches while Spain managed to score 12 goals on Pakistan.
In other matches of Group A, Australia will play against
South Africa while host Great Britain will meet Argentine. In Group B matches,
India will take on Netherlands, South Korea will play against New Zealand.
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