Hangzhou [China], October 7 (ANI): The Indian girls’s hockey workforce defeated Japan 2-1 to assert a bronze medal within the nineteenth Asian Games on the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium on Saturday.
Deepika (5′) and Sushila Chanu (50′) scored for the Indian girls’s hockey workforce whereas Japan captain Nagai Yuri (30′) netted for her workforce.
The opening half of the India vs. Japan sport ended up being a story of two halves. Five minutes into the sport, India made a robust begin and claimed the lead. India was given a penalty stroke after a foul from a penalty nook, and Deepika transformed it with ease.
The Indian girls’s hockey workforce had extra possibilities to extend its lead within the opening interval, however some hesitation on the a part of the forwards within the Japanese half stored the deficit at one purpose on the time.
However, Japan’s second quarter belonged to them as they laid siege to the Indian defence in waves. Sushila Chanu and keeper Savita Punia needed to make a number of last-second saves to protect India’s lead, however with the ultimate play of the quarter, the resistance was lastly overcome.
To be certain that her workforce entered halftime even with the opposition, Japan captain Nagai Yuri deflected a penalty nook into the purpose from shut vary.
Neither workforce was capable of generate any important possibilities within the third quarter, which ended up being a gritty contest. Lalremsiami had a transparent take a look at the purpose close to the tip of the quarter however missed.
India took the lead straight away within the closing quarter, figuring out that the bronze medal was on the road. Vaishnavi Vittal displayed wonderful stickwork to earn India a penalty nook, however she missed a fantastic probability to place India in entrance after the set play.
However, the next penalty nook resulted in a purpose. Sushila Chanu obtained the ball, and her shot at purpose took a deflection and looped over the Japanese custodian Eika Nakamura.
The purpose calmed the Indian workforce’s jitters, and Janneke Schopman’s workforce performed some sane hockey to complete the sport. (ANI)