Heartbreak for India, draw 4-4 with Korea to go out of Asia Cup title race
The Hindu
Malaysia's 5-0 win over Japan early in the day meant that an outright win became a pre-requisite for India to qualify for the final
The young Indian hockey team dished out some impressive and fast-paced hockey in a Super 4s match against South Korea but an outright victory eluded them as a 4-4 draw pushed them out of the Asia Cup title race, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Malaysia's 5-0 win over Japan early in the day meant that an outright win became a pre-requisite for India to qualify for the summit clash.
Both India, Malaysia and Korea finished on five points each in the Super 4 stage but the Birendra Lakra-side fell behind on goal difference.
Nilam Sanjeep Xess (9th minute), Dipsan Tirkey (21st), Mahesh Sheshe Gowda (22nd) and Shakthivel Mareeswaran (37th) scored for India, while Korea scored through Jang Jonghyun (13th), Ji Woo Cheon (18th), Kim Jung Hoo (28th) and Jung Manjae (44th).
Korea will now take on Malaysia in the final on Wednesday, while India will play Japan in the third-fourth place classification match.
It was a midfield slugfest between the two sides as both India and Korea tried to take upper hand in the first quarter.
India secured a penalty corner in the second minute but Nilam Sanjeep Xess' effort was saved by the Korean goalkeeper Jaehyeon Kim.
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