{"id":1038,"date":"2016-08-11T06:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2016-08-11T06:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:58:19","slug":"rio-india-face-tough-dutch-test-after-argentina-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/rio-india-face-tough-dutch-test-after-argentina-win\/","title":{"rendered":"RIO: India face tough Dutch test after Argentina win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rio (Online): Virtually assured of a quarterfinal spot after their morale-boosting win against Argentina, a buoyant India will face world number two side the Netherlands in a tough pool B clash in the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro today (Thursday).<br \/>\nAfter a close 3-2 win over Ireland in their opening match, India suffered a disappointing 1-2 loss against the reigning Olympic champions Germany but bounced back to notch up a 2-1 win against Argentina to remain among the top four in the six-team pool.<br \/>\nThe target now will be to finish the league stages as high as possible in the points table so as to avoid the world number one Australia in the last eight fixture.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are only done with three matches and have two more to go. 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