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Late goals spoil campaign opener
Orissa POST
|February 12, 2026
Hosts India go down 1-3 to in-form Belgium in Rourkela
India let in two goals in the final quarter to suffer a 1-3 defeat to Belgium in their Rourkela leg of the FIH Men's Pro League 2025-26 match here Wednesday.
Nelson Onana (23rd minute), Thomas Crols (53rd) and Arno Van Dessel (57th) scored for Belgium while Shilanand Lakra (29th) was the goalscorer for India.The two sides were locked 1-1 at the half time as well as at the end of the third quarter, before Belgium pumped in two goals in the final 15 minutes.
It was an extremely competitive first quarter with both sides hardly making any mistakes at the back.
Belgium earned an early penalty corner in the 4th minute. However, Alexander Hen-drickx’s drag-flick was stopped heroically by India's first rusher Vivek Sagar Prasad.
This story is from the February 12, 2026 edition of Orissa POST.
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