Thursday, December 27, 2012

Hockey News
At Asian Champions Trophy 2012, Doha, Qatar

Final
India l Pakistan 4-5 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Goal Scorers - SV Sunil (IND) 9', VR Raghunath (IND) 21' PC, Gurvinder Singh Chandi (IND) 55', Rupinderpal Singh (IND) 59' PC and Muhammad Waqas (PAK) 7' PC and 57', Shafqat Rasool (PAK) 42', Mohammad Imran (PAK) 48' PC and 63' PC

Pakistan started with attacking hockey from the start ... We were matching them but Pakistani players were attacking more ... In 7th minute Raghu conceded penalty corner and Waqas converted for Pakistan scoring his 10th goal of the tournament ... In 2 minutes we equalized through field goal from Sunil ... Sunil missed easy chance in front of the goal and Pakistanis also making mess inside our circle ... Indians earned their first penalty corner in 20th minute when ball rises dangerously inside the circle ... Raghu scored from it scoring his 8th goal of the tournament ... Indians earned their second penalty corner just before hooter but this time Pakistanis saved it ... In the second half Pakistan equalized through Rasool in 42nd minute ... Pakistan earned their 2nd penalty corner through their continuous attack and Mohammad Imran converted to gave lead to them ... After that Indians equalized through Chandi in 55th minute ... Pakistan responded within 2 minutes with goal from Waqas, his 11th goal of the tournament ... Indians earned penalty corner in next minute and Rupinderpal converted it ... In 2 minutes Indians earned another penalty corner but this time Rupinderpal missed but after that Pakistan earned another penalty corner and again Mohammad Imran gave lead to Pakistan ... When 3 minutes remaining Indians left the field protesting against Korean umpire who refused to give penalty corner, I think that was unsporting behavior from Indians ... After few minutes match resumed and Pakistan managed to hold lead till the end ... Pakistan was deserving winner of Asian Champions Trophy after this entertaining match.

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