The Indian hockey women’s team coach Sjoerd Marijne did not mince his words after his team registered a third straight loss at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Playing their Pool A match, the Indian eves lost 4-1 to reigning Olympic champions Great Britain on Wednesday.

“This was our worst match. We always try to play for a six (out of 10) for each individual, and I don’t think each individual today played for a six. Bad decisions, bad choices and I’m pretty disappointed by this,” the coach said after the match.

“The goal was too early, but the individual performances just weren’t good enough. I can keep analysing what went wrong tactically, but it starts with every individual reaching their level and that didn’t happen today,” he added.

The Indian team started their 2020 Tokyo Olympics campaign with a 1-5 defeat at the hands of World No 1 the Netherlands and then saw a 0-2 loss against Germany.

Captained by Rani Rampal, the Indian side will take on Ireland on Friday.

The Indians needed at least a point from this game to be safe but they now will have to win their remaining two matches against Ireland and South Africa to harbour any hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage.

However, Marijne maintained that they still have a chance of progressing to the knockout round and asked his players to introspect.

“We still have chances. There are still six points to get and that can be enough for the quarters. That’s what we’re all about, that’s our goal and that’s what I said to the girls,” the coach said.

“But they (players) really need to think how can this happen that our individual level went so down.”

For India, Sharmila Devi scored the lone goal in the 23rd minute.

For Great Britain, Hannah Martin (2nd and 19th minute), Lily Owsley (41st minute) and Grace Balsdon (57th minute) scored.