India vs South Korea highlights, IND 2-0 KOR, Women’s Asian Champions Trophy semifinal: Vaishnavi, Tete score as Indians book final with Japan

India reaches the final with a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Vaishali Vitthal and Salima Tete, who is given the ‘Player of the Match’ award. It will face Japan for the title.

The Indians remain undefeated in the tournament and secures its sixth win on the trot.

Korea gets a penalty corner, despit a vidoe referral from India. Cheyoung Jung goes hard and low with her drag flick but Punia makes herself big to make the save. India does well yet again and it is inching closer and closer towards reaching the final.

Eunji Kim has taken a nasty blow her head in a bid to snatch the ball from Lalremsiami. It was just an unfortunate accident as the sticks clashed and the Korean ended up getting hurt.

Jeongihn Kim also sees a yellow card and has to sit out for five minutes. Korea with nine players on the pitch now and India will surely look to capitalise.

India’s Vandana Kataria also sees a yellow card and has to sit out for five minutes. Korea and India hare both down to 10 players as things stand.

Su Ji Choi gets a yellow card for her reckless tackle on Tete and the former has to sit out for five minutes as punishment. Chasing two goals, it is not the ideal situation for Korea.

Ishika plays the role of the injector as Navneet goes for the drag flick. The ball loops up and is flicked inside the goal. The crowd erupts, thinking it is India’s third but the referee rules the goal out. The exact reason is not known but it seems like Kaur’s shot was a trad bit high.

Vandana using her experience to win a penalty corner early in the third-quarter. The ball hit the foot of a Korean player.

The final 15 minutes of the match is underway. Korea needs a minimum of two goals and will go all out. India need to be at its best.

No goals for India in the third quarter but it has not conceded as well as it keeps a 2-0 lead, with the last quarter coming up. India almost through to the finals.

Korea gets a penalty corner. Seungae Park goes for the aerial route with her shot and catches Ishika on her head. That is a painful one and play stops immediately. Thankfully, it is nothing serious and the Indian can continue. Ishika was hearing the helmet but that hurt nonetheless.

India got a penalty corner after winning a video referral but it wastes the chance. Salima with the injection but Monika could not trap the ball and let it get away from her, which allowed the Korean players to swarm ahead and make it difficult for the home team to shoot at goal.

India not at its clinical best in this quarter but credit the Korean defence also for their resolute defending. India still looks the favourite to bag a third.

India gets a penalty corner. Deepika plays the role of the injector as Deepika gets the ball. Her drag flick is saved but the danger is still there. Navneet Kaur goes for the tomahawk but the Koreans defend in numbers to prevent a third.

A couple of successive penalty corners for South Korea but the Indians do enough on both occasions to prevent their opponents from finding the goal.

India has another chance to bag its third. Nisha does well to keep the ball under pressure from the Korean defenders. Vandana gets the ball and looks the Korean keeper but the later did well to narrow the angle and prevent a goal.

MISS- Another dangerous attack from India as it penetrates the Korean circle. There is a pullback from the right and the ball goes to Vaishnbvai, who had an open goal in front of her. All she had to do was make a decent connection but she misses the ball completely with a swing of her stick.

The Koreans had appealed for a video review after the ball seemed to have touched the foot of an Indian player but they lose the review.

Korea looking more calm and composed in the early minutes of the second-half. It tries to build a patient attack but India does well to clear the danger.

India starts the third quarter with a 2-0 lead courtesy of goals from Salima and Vaishnavi.

Goals from Salima Tete and Vaishnavi Vitthal keeps India in a 2-0 lead at halftime.

Udita plays the role of the drag flicker this time from the penalty corner. Her shot is on target but Kim Eunji makes a good save. There is danger from the rebound again but this time, the Korea defence does well to clear the danger.

Korea forces a counter-attack but Savita stands strong to make a save.

India gets another penalty corner and the crowd is excited.

Korea was initially given a penalty corner but India goes for a video referral and the decision is changed to a long corner.

The lack of a final product has hurt Korea till now. It has made some circle penetrations but have not been able to convert them into goals. India, on the other hand, has been direct and ruthless.

Vaishnavi with the injection of pace from the penalty-corner. Deep Grace Ekka receives the ball and her drag flick is saved by Eunji. The rebound falls to Vaishnavi at the near-post, who puts the ball inside the goal with a classy no-look reverse flick.

India with another dangerous counter-attack, similar to the one that got the goal. Korea stops the attack but at the cost of a penalty-corner.

Korea looking for an early circle penetration in the second-quarter but India’s defence flawless in their coordination and movement to soak the pressure.

India starts the second-quarter. Tete’s goal keeps the Indians ahead against South Korea.

Salima Tete’s goal keeps India ahead by a 1-0 scoreline as the first-quarter ends. It was a dominating quarter for India in all areas of the game.

India tries to slow down the tempo as we are seconds away from the end of the first quarter.

That is an excellent team goal by India - a classic counter-attacking goal. The home side played out from the back after dispossessing Korea. Udita made the final pass to Tete, who kept her calm and slotted the ball inside the goal through Kim Eunji’s legs.

Korea’s Minjeong Kim has to sit out for two minutes after being shown a green card.

Halfway inside the first quarter, India has clearly been the better side. It has won two penalty corners and one major chance to take the lead.

Chance- Baljit does well inside the circle. The ball goes to Sangita, who in turn, passes it to Monika. Monika shoots at goal but it is off target.

SAVE- This time Deepika dispatches a dangerous shot at goal from India’s second penalty corner. But Korea keeper Kim Eunji makes a good save.

Nothing comes from the penalty-corner but the Indians do well to keep pressure and wins another PC.

India has won a penalty corner early in the first-quarter. It did well to soak the pressure from a South Korea circle penetration and play the ball into the opposition half.

The first quarter is underway at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.

India is unbeaten in the tournament till now, having defeated South Korea 5-0 in their previous match.

As the only unbeaten team in the competition, the Indian women’s hockey team will be expected to continue the winning momentum when it takes on Korea in their Jharkhand Asian Champions Trophy 2023 semifinal clash on Saturday in a repeat of not just their last league match here but also of the 2018 final.

The team, though, is aware that knockouts can play out very differently.

India beat Korea 5-0 on Thursday to set up a rematch in the last four but coach Janneke Schopman is wary.

“I expect a different Korean team, they will defend better. They will try to close us down, defend tighter on the circle and we will get less space. They are a difficult team because they are dangerous on counters,” Schopman admitted on the eve of the semifinal.

We just have to be sharp in defence; if we don’t and they score one, we will have an uphill battle. But if we use our awareness and speed, we will be ready too.”

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