Both the teams started with aggressive attacks and tried to
dominate each other. India
started the match with effective strategies and gained the ball possession in
the early minutes. However, China
scored three back-to-back goals through penalty corners and that made a
difference between the two fighting teams.
The first half started with intense battle between the two
teams and players from both sides charged on each other. China Junior Team with
their early attack earned a penalty corner in the first few minutes and which
was perfectly saved by goal-keeper Inderpreet Kaur. However, the opponents came
back strongly and attacked from all sides towards the Indian half to create
more opportunities. They earned three penalty corners in a short span of six
minutes and converted all to take the score to 3-0. Bingfeng Gu (2 goals) and
Qiu Guo scored the goals through penalty corners in the 10th, 11th and 15th minutes
respectively for China .
After conceding three consecutive goals, Indian eves fought
back with full force and earned a penalty corner, but they failed to
materialise. However, in the next minute, Indian earned another penalty corner
and this time drag-flicker Jaspreet Kaur converted the first goal for India in the 33rd minute.
With this goal, the first half finished at 3-1 in favour of China .
In the second half, both the teams stepped in with more
aggressive strategies and fought for ball possession. After series of attacks
from both sides, it was India
who earned the first penalty corner but could not materialise.
In the next minute, China fought back and earned a
penalty corner, but Indian custodian Inderpreet thwarted their attempt. In the
last minutes, both the teams tried their level best to increase add another
goal but they failed to sneak into each-other’s defence-line. By the final
whistle, the score-line was 4-2 in favour for China .
HI Press release
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