India In Asian Champions Trophy Final: Captain Harmanpreet Singh's Brace Stars In 4-1 Win Against South Korea
Captain Harmanpreet Singh's sublime form resulted in twin strikes as defending champions India entered the final of the Asian Champions Trophy with a clinical 4-1 victory over South Korea in the semi-final in Hulunbuir on Monday.India scored through Uttam Singh (13th minute), skipper Harmanpreet Singh (19th, 45th) and Jarmanpreet Singh (32nd), while Korea's lone goal came from through Yang Jihun (33rd)'s penalty corner conversion.India will take on hosts China in Tuesday's final. Earlier in the day, China beat Pakistan 2-0 via shoot-out in the first semifinal after the two sides finished 1-1 at the end of regulation 60 minutes.Full Time:We are into the finals. Another smashing win at the Men's Asian Champions Trophy, 2024 for Team India. Goals from Harmanpreet, Jarmanpreet and Uttam Singh give India the win. India 🇮🇳 4 - 1 🇰🇷 KoreaUttam Singh 13'Harmanpreet Singh 19' (PC)Jarmanpreet Singh…— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 16, 2024 Related News | Harmanpreet Singh's Brace Hands India 2-1 Victory Over Arch-Rivals Pakistan In Asian Champions TrophyAsian Champions Trophy 2024 LIVE Streaming: When & Where To Watch India vs Pakistan LIVEIn the previous league stage encounter between the two finalists, India prevailed 3-0.Pakistan and Korea will face off in the third-place classification game which will be played on Tuesday as well. Meanwhile, in the fifth-sixth place classification game, Japan defeated Malaysia 4-2 in the shoot-out after a 4-4 stalemate in normal time.In the second semifinal as expected, the Indians started on the offensive and tested the Korean defence with persistent attacks from the word go.Related News | Kansas City Accused of Cheating, Bengals Legend in Explosive Rant Against NFL: 'Give Every Game to the Chiefs'The Koreans, on the other hand, were contend to sit back and defend and rely on sporadic counter attacks. Abhishek came close to handing India the lead in the fourth minute but his reverse hit was saved by Korean goalkeeper Kim Jaehan.The Indian made promising build ups and penetrated the Korean circle on consistent basis in the first quarter.India's attacking intent paid off in the 13th minute when Uttam positioned himself at the right place at the right time to tap in Araijeet Singh Hundal's supply from the right.A minute from the first break, Korea secured back-to-back penalty corners but failed to utilise the chances.Four minutes into the second quarter, India secured their first penalty corner and Harmanpreet scored his sixth goal of the Asian Champions Trophy to hand his team a 2-0 lead. At the stroke of half-time, custodian Suraj Karkera came out of his line to save an effort from the opposition player.India continued in the same vein after the change of ends and extended their lead two minutes into the third quarter. A brilliant scoop from Sumit from the right found Jarmanpreet just outside the circle on the left flank and the latter collected the ball and took a step or two to get inside the circle and slap the ball into the Korean goal to extend India's lead.But Korea pulled one back a minute later from a penalty corner through the tournament's top-scorer Yang Jihun.The goal hardly bothered the Indians as they continued their attacking game and dominated the share of exchanges. With a second left for the third quarter, India secured another penalty corner when Korean goalkeeper Jaehan was shown a yellow card for handling the ball out side the circle and Harmanpreet made no mistake to extend the lead.Eight minutes from the final hooter, India's second goalkeeper Karkera made a fine double save to deny Park Cheoleon, but the Koreans secured a penalty corner which went in vain.Thereafter, it was controlled show from the Indians as they defended their lead with consummate ease to march into their fifth final appearance in the Asian Champions Trophy.
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