Asian Champions Trophy HIGHLIGHTS: India beats Korea 3-2, confirms semifinal birth
With 10 points from three wins and one draw, India reagin the top position at the points table.
Indian men's hockey team. (FILE PHOTO: Hockey India)
India maintained their dominance with a nervous 3-2 victory over South Korea at the Asian Champions Trophy tournament.
South Korea did provide India a scare in the end, but the hosts manage to walk away with a win. Mandeep Singh awarded the Player of the Match.
With 10 points from three wins and one draw, India reagin the top position at the points table.
India eventually managed to secure win, Korea though pulled back 1 in fourth quarter, but India prevailed over korea by solitary goal, India wins successive two matches after yesterday win against Malaysia.
Korea takes the goal keeper off for an extra player in the pitch.
Finally Korea finds the goal post in penality corner, Jihun Yang beats PR Sreejesh with low flick.
India 3-2 Korea
Korea Captain Jang Jonghyun is injured. The Korean captain taken off the field in stretcher
Luckily for India, Korea could not convert any of back to back four attempts of penality corners.
India earns a penality corner in the start of 4th quarter. Harmanpreet’s dragflick hits the Jang Jonghyun foot. India gets penalty stroke. Goalkeeper makes superb save of Harmanpreet low shot.
Kim Jaehyeon makes a good save of Akashdeep Singh quick shot to deny India a 4th goal.
Another penality corner for Korea and Jang Joghyun's dragflick goes wide again, very far away from goalkeeper Krishan Pathak.
Manpreet Singh converts quick pass from Shamsher Singh into goal.
India 3-1 Korea
There is foot of indian defender Amit Rohidas by pass from Harmanpreet Singh in own circle and Korea asks for penality corner. Video umpire agrees, Korea shoots ball wide and misses goal post
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