Quarter 1: Whistle from the referee and Netherlands get the match underway! Netherlands attack from the word go! Good Start but blocked by Indian Defenders. Five minutes into the first half and both the teams are looking to play aggressive hockey. First penalty corner for India in the 11th minute! GOAL! Akashdeep Singh gives India a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute of the first quarter. IND 1-1 NED.

Quarter 2: Second Quarter Started. Netherlands are dominating the possession at the moment.  Both teams desperately looking for the second goal but failed. IND 1-1 NED

Quarter 3: Third quarter underway! Both teams looked aggressive . 3rd Penalty corner for Netherlands nut failed. Green card for Hardik Singh in the 41st minute. IND 1-1 NED

Quarter 4: Final Quarter Started. GOAL! Netherlands score through a penalty corner and got lead. Indians were desperate for a Goal. brilliant run from the Indian skipper Manpreet Singh. But Lalit Kumar fails to collect the ball inside the Dutch circle.  IND 1-2 NED. Netherlands reached in the semi final.

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First Quarter: Whistle from the referee and Canada get the match underway. A brilliant cross from Chinglensana Singh from the right flank but Canada goalkeeper Antoni Kindler blocks the ball. First Penalty corner for India. Goal!!. Just under two minutes to go in the first quarter. IND 1-0 CAN.

Second Quarter: Second Quarter underway. India controlling the ball brilliantly and looking to extend their lead. Iain Smythe gets a Green Card in the 22nd minute! brilliant run from Simranjeet Singh inside the Canadian half but fails to pass the ball in time to Akashdeep Singh. At half-time, India lead 1-0 against Canada.

Third Quarter: Third quarter started.  Mandeep Singh gets the match underway. Goal for Canada in the 39th minute. Brilliant play by Canada and at the end of the third quarter both teams were at 1 -1.

Final Quarter: Good start from India. GOAL! Chinglensana Singh scores the second goal for India in 46th minute. And after a few minutes another goal for India. Two goals in quick succession for India. Penalty corner for India! Indian team looking threatening at the moment. Looking to score yet another goal. Final 28 seconds remaining in the match. Final Score – India 5-1 Canada. India Won the Match.

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Quarter 1: First Quarter started with the whistle of the referee. Belgium looking dangerous right from the start! The powerful shot from outside the circle and Belgium have gone for the referral. Penalty Corner for Belgium. Good save by India. Another referral from Belgium and they been provided with another penalty corner. Third for Belgium. Goal!!. First quarter comes to an end. BEL 1-0 IND

Quarter 2: Second Quarter Begins. Green Card for Akashdeep Singh in the 21st minute and India are now down to 10 men. Just under four minutes to go in the second quarter and India are still searching for the equalizer. BEL 1-0 IND

Third Quarter: At the beginning of the Third quarter Indian boys were desperate to get the Goal.Penalty corner for India! Goal!!!. BEL 1-1 IND.

Fourth Quarter: Fourth Quarter underway and India Get the Lead. Goal!!. Marvelous display of skills from Simranjeet Singh. Scores his third goal of the tournament. After a few minutes Goal for Belgium. Both teams are equal now. Final hooter from the referee. Match ends in a 2 -2 draw.

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Quarter 1: The first quarter is underway and India are straightforward looking to make an attacking start. India trying to spread the play, opening attack from the left flank but good defence by South Africa Team. Penalty Corner for India and got first lead. After few minutes second goal for India. India lead South Africa 2-0 at first quarter.

Quarter 2: Second Quarter Started. India on the attacking mode. Chance for South Africa, forcing PR Sreejesh for a save! No goals in the second quarter but the hosts Indian maintain their two goals lead

Quarter 3: The third quarter gets underway and Penalty Corner for India! India keeping the pressure, searching for the third goal. GOAL! Simranjeet scores the third goal for India, great play from Mandeep just passes the ball to Simranjeet in space. India lead 3-0 against South Africa after 43 minutes.

Quarter 4: Fourth Quarter started. Penalty Corner for India! GOAL! Final two minutes in the final quarter, India continue to look threatening.A five-star performance from hosts India see them register a thumping 5-0 victory over South Africa.

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First Quarter: First quarter started and first attack by Japan but good save by Savita. Good chance for India but Rani Rampal missed it. India trying to put pressure on the Japanese defense. Both teams are desperate to get the lead. India expected the foul but the referee refused. Penalty corner for India but failed to convert into a goal. After a few minutes, first penalty corner for Japan. Goal!! India tried to push their team forward. At the end of first quarter, score was India 0 and Japan 1.

Second Quarter: Second quarter started. Indian team looks aggressive and tries to open the Japanese defense. Goal!! Good job by Navneet kaur and Neha Goyal. At the end of the second quarter, both teams were 1-1.

Third Quarter: Second half and the third quarter started. Final ten minutes of the third quarter to go. India on the counter-attack. Timely tackle by the Japanese defender. Japanese looks aggressive at the moment. Good job by Vandana. Penalty corner for Japan and Goal. At the end of the third quarter, score 2 – 1. Japan in the lead.

Final Quarter: Do and Die condition for both teams. 15 Minutes for Indian team to do something. Lovely variations by Japan and pressure on the Indian queens. Japan on the counter-attack. Final 5 minutes left and Japan keeping Possession taking the ball to the flanks and wasting time. Indian queens are desperate to equalize the game. Under two minutes to go, Savita steps off and Monika out with yellow card. Chance for India and its over. India loses 1-2.

Japan won the final of Asian Games 2018. Sad moments for Indian Hockey fans. India Settled Silver medal.

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First Quarter: First quarter started and India got its first penalty corner. No Goal! And few minutes Foul and Malaysia got chance but failed. Goal disallowed. Again Penalty corner for India but foul. Malaysian Player Muhammad Husain got yellow card. Dilpreet singh took video Referral and penalty corner for India but saved. Penalty corner for Malaysia, well saved by Sreejesh. Score 0-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Second Quarter: Free hit for India. Penalty corner for Malaysia. Harmanpreet fouls the Malaysian player. India on the counter attack. penalty corner for India but saved by Malaysian Goalkeepers. Score was still 0 0.

Third Quarter: Chance for Malaysia at the beginning of third quarter but missed it. Penalty corner for India and Its Goal!! Good job by Harmanpreet Singh. India got another penalty corner but good defense by Malaysia. They were on counter attack and Goal for Malaysia. After few minutes Goal for India and Varun Kumar restores India’s Lead. Score at the end of third quarter was 2-1.

Fourth Quarter: Penalty corner for Malaysia but saved by India. Only three minutes of the final quarter and Goal for Malaysia. Now score was equal and both teams were desperate to get a Goal. After the final whistle score was 2 -2.

Shoot Out: Firan Ahsari scores for Malaysia. Goal for India and score was equal again. A great effort by both teams No goal again and again. Harmanpreet singh scored and 2^nd goal for India. At the end Malaysia was at 7 and India 6. Malaysia won the game.

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First Quarter: First quarter started and China was in attaching mode but good defense by Indian queens. First penalty corner for India but failed to turn into a goal. Meanwhile, Navneet Kaur has earned her 50th cap for India. Good efforts by Chinese skipper Yu Zhou. At the end of the first quarter, score was 0.

Second Quarter: Early in the second quarter, Penalty corner for China. Good job by Savita. Green card for Neha Goyal. India look to attack from Rani Rampal but good defense by China. Good attacks by Gurjeet kaur, Neha Goyal, Navneet kaur but great efforts by Chinese Defence. Score still 0 – 0.

Third Quarter: Brilliant start from Rani Rampal, India earned a penalty corner at the beginning of third quarter. Gurjit Kaur takes the drag flick,  it hit the foot of the Chinese defender. Video referral has taken. Counter attack by China. Navneet Kaur earned a penalty corner for India. Brilliant save from the Chinese-goalkeeper De Jiaojiao! Score at the end of the third quarter 0 -0.

Fourth Quarter: At the beginning of fourth quarter Rani Rampal was on the attack but missed the target. Free-hit for India, But good defense by China. India got penalty corner and goal!!. India lead 1-0 against China. FULL TIME! Fourth quarter comes to an end. India defeated China 1-0 to enter the final.

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First Quarter: At the beginning of first quarter India got its first penalty Corner. Harmanpreet flicks it to the right.Penalty Stroke and its Goal!. First goal of the match. The Sri Lankans were struggling to even get the ball from India. 2nd Goal For India.Good efforts by Sri lankan Team. Penalty corner for India and again Goal.India let Amit Rohidas take the Penalty Corner again.Goal!. Score at of the first quarter India 4-0.

Second Quarter: Second Quarter started.Penalty corner for India.Good drag-flick by Harmanpreet Singh.Goal again for India. Sri Lankan Team was desperate for a goal but failed. Score at the end of second quarter India 7 and Sri Lanka 0.

Third Quarter: India score early in the third quarter.Goal!. After 2 minutes another Goal for India. Now Match was out of the reach for Sri Lankans. A spree of goals for India. at the end of the third quarter score was 14-0.

Final Quarter: Fourth quarter started,India scored a goal every two minutes in the last quarter.Penalty Corner for India. Goal for India. Rupinder Pal Singh scores again. His third goal of the match. Lalit Upadhyay scores another one within two minutes. India completed its 20th goal of the match. India won the match and score was India 20-0.

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The beginning of first quarter both teams were full of excitement, Good efforts by the Akashdeep Singh and first penalty corner for India. and Goal!!. Korean team was in attacking mode but good defense by Indian Lions. Korea was still at 0. After the few minutes Good efforts by Rupinder and another goal for India. Score was 2 -0. Korean Team looked desperate for a goal. Another Penalty corner for India but good defense by Korean team. End of first quarter and score was 2 – 0.

Another Goal for India. Simarjeet played very well and India leads by 3 Goals. Junghoo Kim fires an attempt on goal by Korean side but failed. Finally, Korea got first penalty corner but bad luck for Korean side and the Indian defense maintains its clean sheet and the side continues to lead 3-0.Half time passed and Korea was still at 0. They played aggressively and GOAL for Korea! Manjae Jung scores Korea’s first goal of the evening. Ray of hope for Korea. After a few seconds another goal for Korea. Now Korean were back in form. Kihoon Kim picks up a green card. Blocked by Indian defense. At the end of third quarter score 3 -2.

Final quarter started. Prasad into the attack again but saved by Korea. India got video referral but the referee awarded free hit for Korea. But after few minutes Goal for India. Great efforts by Koreans for goal and finally Goal for Korea. Jang Jonghyun converted a PC to score. And at the end of the match score was 5-3. India won the match again and opened their door to the semi final.

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