India played their third match after qualifying for super 4 against South Korea yesterday on 31st May. It was a significant game for India to enter the finals and hopefully win the Asia Cup Hockey 2022. Though the game ended in a draw and failed to qualify for the finals. The Indian Men’s Hockey team is playing in the Asia Cup Hockey 2022, in Jakarta, Indonesia. They previously also played and ended the game in a draw. It was against Malaysia and now was the third draw for an Indian this entire season.
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India played against South Korea in the third match after qualifying for super 4. It was a difficult game played by both teams, and it ended in a draw. It was the third draw after Pakistan and Malaysia. The new players still held their position in the tournament against teams like Japan and Korea. Nilam Sanjeep Xess scored the first goal of the game in the 9th minute. The Koreans didn’t let the Indians celebrate for longer, and Jang Jonghyun equalized the goals by 1-1 in the 13th minute. They immediately added another goal, wanting to lead with the scores. Ji Woo Cheon scored another goal in the 18th minute. India was in great trouble with their 1-2 goals.
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Dipsan Tirkey again equalled the team’s score by 2-2 in the 21st minute, and both countries were going back and forth to go one up than the previous score to secure their place in the finals. Mahesh Shesh Gowda made 3-2 right after Tirkey scored the second goal. Kim JungHoo again equalized, and Shakthivel Mareeswaran made the score 4-3. But at the end moments in the 44th minute, Jung Manjae led the game to end in a draw by 4-4.
India lost their chance to enter the finals and play the next game against Japan to decide third or fourth place. South Korea qualified for the finals due to their higher points and will play against Malaysia.
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