The
first half started with India ’s
surprise attack on Japanese side and very soon they earned a penalty corner.
Deep Grace Ekka received the shot and hit hard into the goal-box to score the
first goal of the match in the 4th minute. With the early 1-0 lead, Indian eves
managed to put pressure on their opponents and played most of their game in the
Japanese half. Japan
took some time to recover and counter-attacked on the Indian side.
After few
charges, they earned a penalty corner but Indian goal-keeper Inderpreet Kaur
thwarted the attack. Japanese got another penalty corner in 18th minute and
this time captain Yukari Mano converted, ensuring that the game equalised
at1-1. 25th minute and midfielder Renuka Yadav sneaked into Japanese half with
her quick moves and sent the ball to the nets to score the second goal for her
team. After the 2-1 lead, Indians managed to control the match again and
maintain the samescore-line till the end of first half.
The
second half started with more aggression from both sides as both the teams
stepped on the ground with their game-plans. India soon earned a penalty corner
but failed to materialise it. In the next moment, Japan counter-attacked and earned a
penalty corner and was perfectly saved by Inderpreet. In the 57th minute, Japan ’s Ayane
Hirahara entered into the Indian D and scored the second goal for her team.
Both the teams post that were seen to take one up in the game but failed to
materialise on the opportunities. With the game tied at 2-2 at the end of
regulation time the match entered the shoot out phase.
During
the shoot-out, Japan converted three and Indian team
managed to convert only two. Navjot Kaur and Preeti Dubey successfully
converted the opportunities whereas Navneet Kaur, Deep Grace and skipper Rani
failed to score.
HI Press release
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