Field Hockey - Men's Quarterfinals - Rio Olympics 2016

Match Schedule:

Spain vs Argentina (10am local time)
Belgium vs India (12:30pm)
Netherlands vs Australia (6pm)
Germany vs New Zealand (8:30pm)

More info at the official website here:
rio2016.com/en/hockey

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>Men's
Pass

Quarterfinals time lads!

We begin with two countries of the Hispanosphere, Spain and Argentina. Spain has looked really strong this tournament finishing 2nd in their group losing only to Belgium, I'm expecting a lot from them in this game. Their opponents are of course Argentina, an established hockey power who drew with both the Netherlands and Germany in the group stages, however lost to India in a close 2-1. I expect a victory for Argentina in this one, but Spain's performance this Olympics have been nothing less than outstanding, and so this match should be closely contested throughout.

Next comes Belgium vs India.
Belgium has looked strong so far this tournament, finishing top of their group with wins over Australia and Spain. However they have been shown to be far from perfect, losing to New Zealand 3-1 in their final match of the group stage.
Their opponents are India, a team that has been pretty much equal to their opponents in every game so far. All of India's games have come within 1 goal and have been extremely close, even against Canada whom they drew with. How India will do this game is hard to predict, however it is safe to say this game will be very close and Belgium will need to work hard if they want to move on to the next round.

Next is the biggest game today, Australia vs the Netherlands.
Over the past few years a big rivalry has brewed between these two teams who were both finalist teams at the 2014 World Cup, which saw Australia come out with a convincing 6-1 win over the Netherlands. However the Australian side has faced some difficulties so far this tournament, coming 3rd in group A despite being clear favourites. After facing a 2 game goal drought, the Australians have scored plenty of goals against Britain and Brazil, putting them back on track for this big game against the Netherlands. The Netherlands came 2nd in group B, losing only to Germany in a close 2-1 game which they looked quite strong in. Unfortunately I'm going to have to say the Netherlands are the favourite here, however if Australia can finally rediscover their greatness that has led them to such a clear dominance in international hockey these past few years, we could be in for a real treat.

To finish we have Germany vs New Zealand.
New Zealand come into this game of a really big victory over Belgium after having a somewhat mediocre tournament. Unfortunately for New Zealand however, their next test is a whole other beast. Germany are looking like the strongest team this Olympics yet again as they go for a second consecutive Olympic gold medal. Germany came first in their group, winning all but one match and looking strong in the process. I expect an easy win for Germany this match, but after New Zealand's victory against Belgium, we could be in for a huge upset.

Who can stop him?

Hello, where is everyone?

>Argentina, an established hockey power

Are we? I thought only girls were good

Argentina always makes the semis and came 3rd at the last world cup.

The men's team is pretty good and probably on par with the women's team.

Also you have the best dragflicker in the world, Gonzalo Peillat.

why you guys wear a sleeveless jersey?

Tradition, it's the Australian outfit.

Usually New Zealand goes sleeveless as well, but they dogged it and decided not to.

Inshallah based India will win

This.

can a guy that is +1,90 mts play hockey?

Yes, off the top of my head I know there's Billy Bakker on the Dutch team who is 190cm.

You just may need a bigger stick, although I'm 188cm and use a 36.5" stick which is pretty small for my height.

Finally. Took too much effort that goal.

>argentina

Now watch Argentina score in the final minute

Inshallah based poo peeland will win

OH MY GOD MY HEARTTTTTTTTTTT

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASBKJDJSKAFGASHJF

Fucking retarded claiming for diving after pushing him.

And now stroke. Fuck me.

This tbẖ.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

STROKE

>spain in charge of using their referral properly

>refballing this hard

ARGENTINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

we did it lads!!!!!

MOORS BTFO

first Delpo, now this, if you eliminate us again in basketball I'll grow some fucking hate for Argentina...

>Argentina winning stealing

Not much surprised tbqh.

a-are they ok?

ERA

Congrats my white friends. You may now have some spain qts as spoils of war

Bosco Perez Pla has been nominated the retarded of the match.

kek good point.

I think Spain needs to keep far away from any Argentinians these Olympics.

But fuuuuck the emotion in this game was incredible, fantastic match.

Don't worry, we're already in quarters so we'll lose

>stealing
lol keep crying

> the poverty viceroyalty of poospain

No, Spain should be put on suicide watch 2bh

Is Argentina the best country in sports that involve balls?

Don't hate us mommy

We are the greatest boludos

NO ERA PENAL-ty stroke...
Anyway, congrats Argentina and best of luck on the semis.

>no cricket team
Not even close

>

They already are.

Based godspouter. How are the South Americans this stupid?

Born to suffer

I'm starting to like Argentina 2bh.

First Del Potro, now their hockey team. What's not to love about this 100% white nation?

Oh yeah, you exist...

Reporting in from Indian captain's hometown.

Hope he saves 12 sure goals as usual.

Don't hate us, let's go eat tapas.

India vs Belgium soon

Belgium on pooicide watch

india doing great . plz medal hockey team

no

waffle pls lose. you already have medals

only 4, not many. must have more

you can have in other sports right???
Pic related pls.

Dont think so... But tell me, why does that one player have the cloth dott in his hair ?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO India

he's sikh duh. he ties his hairs like that.

So for sport it is cloth dott, but on street is turban ?

they have both but they prefer dott in sports cause its lighter.

Ok cool, what about knife ?

nah man that's against the rules.

How about just small pocket knife ? is part of culture and Sikh are bros, not like muslim who use knife to cut off head.

So sikh will not use it to cut other player because sikh are nice people

>Field Hockey
Just give us the fucking gold already.

no knifes man

Ok cool. India Goalie is very good.

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FUCKKKKK

Can't you keep it in one thread? It's called /hoc/

COME ON NEIGHBOURS! FFFIIIIIGGGGHTHHTTTT AAAAANNDDD WIIIIINNNN

India crumbling under the Belgian pressure

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Kill me.

Belgium 2 - ¨Poo country, 1

It's Congo all over again!

The chopping of the hand will happen after the game is over. Person with the most hands gets a rubber plantation

How will they wipe their asses then?

Not so fast ausfalia :^]

STRAFCORNER

wew louis

Is a BE - NL final possible ?

>implying

Voila, c'est ça

BELGIUM STRONK

amai zeg

No :(, next round maybe though. If we can beat the ozzies

Good luck big brother :)

It's a shame we have Australia v Netherlands in the QF.
Would be a worthy final.

Imagine a final Argentina vs Nederland. Both lose

You too, even though you seem to have it all sorted atm

>Waar is da feestje ? Hier is da feestje

the classic

please don't

Heeeeeeeee, hooooooooo,heeeeeee,hoooooooo

just kill me everytime i hear this and i'm not drunk enough

youtube.com/watch?v=v8xT5xjNvEs
You are hearing it now

youtube.com/watch?v=0HtyF0jux2Q

the chorus of this one is the ultimate heee hooo (normie) song

youtu.be/c-W9GCtI2nM

>unironically being a chappie
wew

>chappie

pls explain