Now India will meet Pakitan in the summit clash on Sunday at 22:40 (IST)
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FULL TIME: India beat Japan 3-2 in the second Semifinal of Hero Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. India had 27 circle entries while Japan had only 4
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2 minutes to go for final hooter
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55th minute: Japan scores their 2nd goal to bother India in last 5 minutes of the 2nd Semi-final
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55th minute: Penalty Corner for Japan
11:58 PM
55th minute: Dipreet scores India's 3rd goal which nearly seal final berth of India.
11:57 PM
50th minute: Chance for India as Akashdeep and Lalit in combine well on the edge of the circle to craft a chance for Dilpreet, but a Japanese defender gets to the ball before the young forward can lay his stick on it
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11:50 PM
Q4 BEGINS
11:48 PM
AT THE END OF Q3: Varun scores the second goal for India, to brighten India chances to register the final berth. An exciting 15 minutes left in the game.
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43rd minute: India's Varun scores. India 2-1 up against Japan in 2nd semifinal
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43rd minute: Penalty Corner for India
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38th minute: Akashdeep tries put the ball on the foot of Japanese player, missed it
In the second semi-final of Hero Asian men’s Hockey Champions Trophy 2018, India led by Manpreet Singh defeated Asian Games gold medallists Japan at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on Saturday. Now India will meet their arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of Asian Men's Championship on Sunday at 22:40 IST. Earlier, in the day, Pakistan defeated Malaysia in a penalty shoot-out 3-1 to seal the final berth. After leading 4-1, Pakistan failed to maintain the pressure against resurgent Malaysia. In the second semifinal, Japan played some brilliant defensive hockey as India had 27 circle entries but converted only 3 of them while Japan had 4 circle entries.
The ongoing Asian Champions Trophy being the last tournament before the season-ending World Cup in Bhubaneswar, the Indians would be desperate to prove their critics wrong with another strong performance on Saturday. Going by performance, the Indians looked the dominant side in the tournament with convincing wins except for the stalemate against Malaysia.
Catch India vs Japan semi-final match highlights below…
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