Olympic qualifiers final: 8216;Sandeep Mania8217; grips stadium

If you thought that the chants of 8216;Singh is King8217; only reverberates around the stadium when Yuvraj Singh hits a six or Harbhajan Singh takes a 8216;five-for8217; one should have heard the noise that Sandeep created each time he found the France net.

First goal was 8216;Sadda Haq8217;,second goal was 8216;Mauja hi Mauja8217; and it went on.

Sandeep had stated that 8220;something special8221; was there for the final and when the song 8216;Lakshya ko haar hal mein paana hain8217; was played,it sounded more apt than ever before.

The Indian flag was out of the closet and was being fluttered continuously in support of the team. The fans screamed their lungs out every time the 8216;man in blue8217; run in with the ball into the rival camp.

A bunch of boys with the tri-colour painted in their chest cheered for every move the Indians made and fluttered the national flag.

The crowd gave a standing ovation every time the players scored a goal and there was plenty of it in the match with India and France pumping three and one goals respectively in the first half itself.

Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore,who failed to find a place in the Indian shooting team for London Olympics,also turned up to watch the Men in Blue play.