The Indian men's hockey secured another big win over South Korea, this time in the semifinal of the Asian Champions Trophy at Mohali's Olympian Balbir Singh International Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.
After beating them 8-0 in their final league game, India won 8-1 against South Korea to make it to the final, where they will face Japan on Thursday.
For India, Dilpreet Singh (21', 25') and Shilanand Lakra (4', 13') scored a brace while Harmapreet Singh (9'), Sukhjeet Singh (21'), Angad Bir Singh (36') and Vivek Sagar Prasad (54') added a goal each.
India started on a dominating note and took the lead thanks to Shilanand Lakra but South Korea's Han Sangjun equalised in the first quarter to make it 1-1.
South Korea's goal didn't impact India's game at all and captain Harmanpreet scored his 10th goal of the tournament, a superb dragflick from a penalty corner. Shilanand then made it 3-1 inside the first quarter and then India scored thrice in the second quarter to go 6-1 up.
Sukhjeet and Dilpreet scored back-to-back goals in a matter of few seconds and then the latter produced a superb finish to increase India's lead.
In the third and final quarters, Angad Bir and Vivek got into the scoresheet as South Korea struggled on and off the ball.
India will want to finish the job with the title win against Japan who had beaten Malaysia in a shootout in the earlier semifinal. The final score was 0-0 as the Japanese players converted all their shots to win the shootout 5-3.
India vs Japan final will start at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
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