Hong Kong get 7-0 thrashing from India

With heavyweights like India, Pakistan and Japan in their group, Akbar Ali and his men can feel justified to think they are in a group of death. And Hong Kong were well and truly buried yesterday as they lost their opening match at the Aoti Hockey Field to India, going down 7-0. 'We were perhaps overawed by our opponents' reputation,' Hong Kong coach Kundan Singh said. 'We had bad openings in each half, conceding two soft goals. Other than that the boys played well. It will be tough going as we are in a very difficult pool. Our goal is to finish seventh.'