Tokyo 2020 Olympics Highlights: History scripted in Tokyo by men's hockey team with bronze medal win

SAVE! Grambusch gets a long ball inside the circle, takes a reverse hit but Sreejesh came in big and strong to make the save.

RUN! Simranjeet gets the ball from the left, he makes a run inside the circle, but Hahner outmuscles him. Speed is not his strength, he is very skillful and strong. But in the German circle, the defenders were way quicker.

SAVE! Sreejesh makes a great save as a quick ball comes into the circle, gets a deflection from German stick, but Sreejesh saves it with his left hand. There was an infringement on the way.

MISS! PC for India -- Rupinder tries to dragflick it into the back of the nets, but it went over and above. There was no time for first rusher to block that.

This almost looked inevitable with the way the Germans started. It's only been a minute and a half and Germany were well inside the inside D for most of it. Germany take the early lead, which could be huge given the context of this match.

GOAL! An early goal from Germany, first attack. India citadel has been breached. Reverse hit from Herzbruch in front of goal, and it was struck in by Timur Oruz. Sreejesh makes first save, but then he hit it in on rebound.

And the ball is rolling... we are underway. India vs Germany men's hockey bronze medal match at Tokyo 2020.

The players are out on the turf, it is time for the National Anthems from both teams. This is it -- this is the moment we had all been waiting for.

Minutes away from the start of the clash now. It’s a big one for Indian hockey, one that could wipe away years of wait and disappointment as the men’s team fights for a bronze medal.

India vs Germany men's hockey bronze medal match begins in 15 minutes. Are you ready?

India's squad: Dilpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Harmanpreet Singh, Sreejesh Raveendran Parattu (Goalkeeper), Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas, Vivek Sagar Prasad

Germany's squad: Alexander Stadler, Mats Jurgen Grambusch, Lukas Windfeder, Linus Muller, Martin Dominik Haner, Paul-Philippe Kaufmann, Niklas Wellen, Johannes Grosse, Constantin Staib, Timm Alexander Herbruch, Tobais Constantin Hauke (Captain), Jan Christopher, Justus Weignand, Martin Detlef Zwicker , Florian Fuchs, Benedikt Furk, Niklas Bosserhoff, Timur Oruz.

India are going in with the same 16 they went with against Belgium. Big test for these players

If India manage to win a bronze medal in hockey, it will be their first-ever hockey medal at the Games since 1980.

TOTAL GOALS

India - 20; Germany - 20

SHOOTING EFFICIENCY (COMPETITION AVERAGE)

India - 26.67 per cent; Germany - 21.7 per cent

FIELD GOALS

India - 10; Germany - 10

PENALTY CORNERS (CONVERTED/TAKEN)

India - 8/27; Germany - 10/32

ATTACKING CIRCLE PENETRATIONS

India - 151; Germany - 126

(Source: News 18)

It has been a good journey for India men's hockey team in Tokyo Olympics, defeating New Zealand 3-2 in their opening group game, and then picking up wins over Germany (2-0), Spain (3-1), Argentina (3-1), and Japan (5-3) in the group matches. Barring the 7-1 defeat against Australia, and the 5-2 loss in the semifinal to the World Champions Belgium, India won all their games in Tokyo.

Hello and welcome to our live blog of men's hockey bronze medal match between India and Germany. Despite losing the semifinal against Belgium, India men's hockey team will get a chance to win the bronze medal when they face against Germany. Big match feels.