Friday, August 30, 2013

Hockey News

At Asia Cup Hockey Tournament 2013, Ipoh, Malaysia

Semi Final
India bt Malaysia 1-0 (2-0)
Goal Scorers - RV Raghunath (IND) PC 8', Mandeep Singh (IND) 60'

In the first semi-final Koreans defeated Pakistan 2-1 and that means India qualify for 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup as 12th team as they finished on 6th position in WHL ... But that also means first time in World cup history Pakistan is missing it.

After confirming their entry in World cup Indians started their semi-final confidently ... Indians converted first penalty corner through excellent hit taken by Raghunath ... After that both teams tried hard but very good defending by both teams ... In the second half also same story repeated as Malaysians were trying hard but our defense was solid ... Rupinder Pal send superb pass to Ramandeep, who unselfishly passed ball to Mandeep and who did easy tap in to double our lead ... Indians easily maintained that advantage till end and book their place in the final against South Korea ... In this match our mid-field struggled but we were excellent while defending.

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