India beat Italy 3- nil last night to reach quarterfinals of Women’s Hockey World Cup in London.
India will now face Ireland tomorrow for a place in the semifinals.Lalremsiami, Neha Goyal and Vandana Katariya scored a goal each for India.
For India, Lalremsiami scored the opening goal in the ninth minute of the
game.
With just seconds to go in third quarter India earned a penalty corner and converted it into a goal with a brilliant deflection from Neha Goyal.
With just 5 minutes to go in the final quarter Vandana Katariya too scored with a deflection making it impossible for Italy to level the scores.