Bhubaneshwar, Nov. 3 -- Indian women's hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne has admitted that he was completely flummoxed by what was happening in the first half of the second leg of India's Olympic qualifier against USA on Saturday.

India came into the match with a 5-1 lead in the first leg but that lead was wiped off as they conceded four goals in a nightmarish first two quarters.

"The first half, I was like what is going on here, and we really reacted. I was watching with the conditioning coach, and wondering what is going on. There were so many things that were going wrong," he said.

"At half time, I told the girls that it's 0-0. It's your moment, go with your heads up. There's pressure on the girls. The only thing you could do on the ...