Asian Games 2018 – India Beat Korea by 5-3

August 26, 2018

Hello Hockey Lovers! Great news for all Indian Hockey fans. India Men Hockey Team has been on a phenomenal run in the Asian Games 2018 by winning all the three games it has played. Today India Beat Korea by 5 – 3. Check the Highlights here:

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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