Pakistan-India Gearing Up For Hockey Rivalry In Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games On Saturday

India and Pakistan to renew hockey rivalry on Saturday, the Pakistani and Indian origins based in Australia have already arrived to see both the teams in action during the ongoing hockey event part of the 21st Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games here at Gold Coast Hockey Centre at Labrador.

GOLD COAST, Queensland (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Apr, 2018 ) , April 06 (APP)::India and Pakistan to renew hockey rivalry on Saturday, the Pakistani and Indian origins based in Australia have already arrived to see both the teams in action during the ongoing hockey event part of the 21st Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games here at Gold Coast Hockey Centre at Labrador.

The clash between India and Pakistan will be one of the most anticipated contests of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games men's hockey event and the organizers are expecting a jam-packed Stadium.

Both countries have a long and proud hockey history, with this emotionally charged clash never failing to entertain. Indian coach Sjoerd Marijne learned early in his tenure this was not just 'any other game'.

"I addressed the team before my first match against Pakistan and they said it was 'business as usual so very are taking it as normal," coach Marijne said in a media briefing. "We always played like a team and hopefully the team would show better rather focusing on one match we have an eye on the whole tournament," he added.

It be a game and certainly people who here or watching around the world would enjoy the best of the game," he concluded. Pakistan, who held Wales to a 1-1 draw in their first match, would certainly be a different while playing against India," midfielder Muhammad Arshad, more commonly known as Muhammad Tousiq, spoke about the emotion involved in the game said.

"It means more to the millions of fans that watch this game," Tousiq said. "Both sets of supporters desperately want to win. As players we should relax on the pitch, but sometimes we get carried away," he added.

"I sure things would different this time too like always when Pakistan and India are playing," he said. Pakistan coach Roelant Oltmans has coached both countries and believes each side 'only thinks about the outcome and totally forgets the process.

"Emotion overrides structures and strategies," Oltmans said. There were more emotional crowds when talking to one Pakistani family living in Sydney who came to support Pakistan. "We always prays for our team, specially hockey that earned a good name to Pakistan in the past but we don't know why the organizers of the Pakistan hockey back home did not released that it is now 2018 not the 80s so the management of hockey should work like other countries working for the betterment of their Games," Mr.

Gul Zameen Khan, an Doctor in Software Engineering said.

Hailing from Dera Ismail Khan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gul Zameen Khan did his Computer Engineering from UET Peshawar and his Ph.

D in Computer Engineering from Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland. Another Engineer Salman Ansari came from Melbourne with family to see Pakistani players in action. "We have got tickets of all games in which Pakistan are taking part and my eight year daughter and six-year-old son are so enthusiastically attached with Pakistani flag they are holding most of the time during the event," he said.

Pakistan held Wales to a 1-1 draw, giving a poor show of passes and lack of attacks on the rival. Pakistan got sixth position in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth games, second in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia, third in 2002 Manchester, England and 8th Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before winning three Olympics in Rome in 1960, Mexico City in 1968 and Los Angels, USA in 1984, three times silver medals in Olympic in Munich, Germany, Tokyo, Japan and Melbourne, Australia.

India defeated Pakistan 7-1 in Dehli Commonwealth Games while Pakistan defeated India in 2006 Melbourne 4-1. Placed as high as second at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, also winning bronze at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and participated at every edition of hockey at the Commonwealth Games, except Glasgow 2014.The tickets have already been sold out of the hockey event and certainly Saturday would attract more spectators to the venue.

Earlier, Scotland upset South Africa in hockey. Scotland may be ranked eight places below World No.15 South Africa, but it didn't stop the side putting on a show in their 4-2 win at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre on Thursday.

Two goals from star forward Kenneth Bain either side of half-time ensured Scotland ran out 4-2 winners over their more highly fancied rivals. "We've (Scotland) always been the underdogs," said Bain.

"But since we got promoted to the top European competition, we've started focusing more on attacking hockey. "We've got such a talented group of players and you can see that by how easy it was to score tonight," Bain added.

Scotland led 3-0 going into the first break, with goals coming from Robert Harwood, Bain and Birthday boy Alan Forsyth. South Africa mounted a comeback in the second-half, with goals to Gareth Heyns and captain Tim Drummond giving them some hope. But it was Bain's second goal with 14 minutes left that sealed a memorable night for the Scots.