As it happened: India vs Argentina, Hockey World League Final opener
As it happened: India vs Argentina, Hockey World League Final opener
Gonzalo Peillat scored twice and Joaquin Menini scored one goal Argentina registered a comprehensive 3-0 win against the hosts in the tournament opener.

Full time: India 0-3 Argentina.

Penalty corner for Argentina. Goal! Argentina scores another one.

Just three minutes remaining. Looks like its all over for India.

7:50pm: The fourth and the final quarter begins. India have to give their best in these 15 minutes if they want to make a comeback.

End of third quarter: India 0-2 Argentina. India fail to make a comeback.

7:44pm: Another foot foul from India and Argentina get another penalty corner. Another good save from Sreejesh towards his right-hand side.

7:38pm: Penalty corner given again to Argentina but good defending from India. Sreejesh comes forward to block and the Argentine striker misses the shot. Argentina 2-0 India.

The video umpire gives penalty corner to Argentina after a foot foul from India.

7:35pm: Argentina scored a third one but it has been allowed by the field umpire. Argentine players are opposing the decision and are appealing for an Indian foot foul.

7:28PM: India are maintaining good pressure on Argentina from the start of the second half. They had a good chance to score in the starting minutes of the half but they couldn't get past the Argentine defence.

The second half starts in Raipur. India are 2-0 down due to some poor defending in the first half and need a quick goal or two if they want to make a comeback in this game.

ARG 2-0 IND Menini gives Argentina a second from another penalty corner #HWL2015 #Raipur https://t.co/WKtCCgIvro— FIH (@FIH_Hockey) November 27, 2015

Half-time: India 0-2 Argentina. Goals from Peillat and Menini.

Goal! Menini scores in the 23rd min to make it 2-0 for Argentina against India. Poor defending from India. There was no one marking the Argentine.

Another penalty corner for Argentina. They couldn't convert it into goal but its another penalty corner.

The second-half kicks off after a short break. India desperately need a goal here.

End of first quarter: India 1-0 Argentina.

India are trying their best to make a comeback after conceding an early goal against Argentina.

Goal! Peillat scores in the 3rd mninute to give Argentina 1-0 lead against India.

The match has started in Raipur.

The match kicks-off in less than 30 minutes. Stay tuned for all the updates.

6:05pm: Under High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans, who is also the chief coach of the team, India have shown a good progress in the recent past. India toured New Zealand and defeated them 2-1 in the Test series.

6:00pm: Hello and welcome to the live updates of match one of Hockey World League Final played between India and Argentina.

India have had a good run in recent times but they have to be cautious when they face Argentina in the tournament-opener of the Hockey World League (HWL) Finals on Friday.

India are placed in a tough Pool B alongside world number five Argentina, world no. 2 Netherlands and world no. 3 Germany.

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