New Delhi, Jul 24 (UNI) Harbinder Singh India's gold medal winning team in 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games recalls the historic final against nemesis Pakistan and narrates his joy of bagging the coveted gold medal from his maiden Olympic Games.
It was a tense final and the umpire had warned both teams that if there were to be any foul during the course of the match, then the player would be given a red card and he would be out of the match,
We had entered the final after some very strong performances in the league matches against Belgium (2-0), Germany (1-1 draw), Spain (1-1), Hong Kong (6-0), Malaysia (3-1), Canada (3-0) and Netherlands (2-1). In the semi-final, we had beaten Australia (3-1).