In a dominant efficiency, Pakistan’s hockey workforce secured a convincing 5-1 victory over China, guaranteeing their place within the semi-finals of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024.
Nadeem Ahmed and Hannan Shahid have been the celebs of the match, scoring two targets every to steer Pakistan to a cushty win.
Abdul Rehman added one other purpose to additional solidify the workforce’s dominance.
The Inexperienced Shirts, who’ve been undefeated within the match, captured the second spot at factors desk, behind arch-rival India.
Abdul Rehman opened the scoring for Pakistan within the twenty third minute of the sport. Ahmed Nadded doubled the lead within the thirty sixth minute.
Within the forty sixth minute Hannan Shahid made a superb run to attain the third purpose for Pakistan, earlier than Gao Jiesheng scored one again for China to make the score-line 3-1 within the forty eighth minute.
Nonetheless, Nadeem within the 56th minute caught once more for his second purpose of the sport, whereas Shahid accomplished his brace within the last minute to make the rating line 5-1.
Pakistan’s match is about to be a high-stakes encounter as Pakistan will face their conventional rivals, India, on Saturday.
Each groups are unbeaten all through the match, making this upcoming conflict all of the extra thrilling.
On Wednesday, Pakistan bagged the primary victory of the competitors, beating Japan 2-1.
Nadeem Ahmed scored a purpose within the first quarter to provide Pakistan the lead however Japan equalised by scoring a purpose within the second quarter.
Within the tenth minute of the second quarter, Sufyan Khan scored a purpose to revive Pakistan’s lead which was sufficient to safe a win.
Keep in mind, Pakistan’s first two video games resulted in a draw towards Malaysia and South Korea, respectively.
India beat S Korea
Harmanpreet Singh-led workforce India secured their fourth successive win within the 2024 Asian Champions Trophy as they beat Korea 3-1 on Thursday. India, who’ve already certified for the playoffs, now have 12 factors from 4 video games and have assured themselves a prime spot end within the factors desk.
Within the match, Araijeet Singh opened the scoring for India together with his eighth-minute purpose earlier than skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored once more inside 60 seconds to take India right into a 2-0 lead. Korea scored late within the third quarter to carry the scoreline to 2-1.
Nonetheless, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh, together with his second purpose of the day within the forty second minute, prolonged the scoreline to 3-1, retaining India’s profitable streak intact.
Asian Champions Trophy 2024 factors desk.
Hero of the Match, Suraj Karkera of India mentioned, “Korea isn’t any straightforward workforce to beat however our mantra at present was to defend properly. By way of stress, there may be none as Coach has given us freedom to play our sport. We now have skilled with Sreejesh through the years and although it’s a massive footwear to fill in, we attempt to do our greatest.”
