South Korea beat Pakistan 4-0, NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
IPOH (Malaysia): South Korea thrashed much-fancied Pakistan 4-0 to register their first win in four matches at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Monday.
Setting a brisk pace, the South Koreans benefited from Pakistan's erratic strikers, who missed chances galore in the first half.
Nam Hyun-Woo converted two penalty corners for the Koreans, who opened the scoring in the 18th minute on their second penalty corner award.
Pakistan came back strongly with nice field work, but Muhammad Waqas pushed a shot wide after getting a cross in front of an open goal.
Pakistan skipper Sohail Abbas then came close to equalising from their first penalty corner when his shot hit the edge of goalkeeper Lee Myung-Ho's pads and deflected on to the post before rebounding into play.
Abbas had an off day in office on Monday as he failed to penetrate the Korean defence on all four penalty corners Pakistan earned in the game.
Striker Shafqat Rasool then failed to establish control of a diagonal ball inside the circle with an open goal in front.
Nam again shot on target in the 44th minute to make it 2-0 for South Korea.
As Pakistan's game wilted under pressure, You Hyo-Sik increased the lead in the 55th minute after getting a through pass inside the circle.
Hyun Hye-Sung then rounded off South Korea's scoring in the 62nd minute from a diagonal pass.
Down 0-4, Pakistan pressed hard and managed to earn two late penalty corners late in the game but on both the occasion Abbas failed to produce the desired the result.
Inspite of the embarrassing defeat, Pakistan coach Khwaja Junaid defended his team.
"It's disappointing, but we managed to match the energy levels of the Koreans and generated several chances. However, we failed to score goals. This is a grey area we need to work on," Junaid said.
"Like in the game against New Zealand, we conceded goals by individual mistakes," he said.
"We were unlucky to miss sitters. We cannot survive if we keep doing that in international hockey."
South Korea now have four points from four games, while Pakistan have three from as many matches.
New Zealand lead the table with nine points from three games.
Meanwhile in the second match of the day, Mathias Paredes scored two goals as Argentina pulled off an upset 3-2 victory over fancied Great Britain.
The defeat of Great Britain, the highest ranked team in the tournament at world number 4, has opened up the event and the fight for the top two spots that will secure a place in the final.
Paredes opened the scoring in the eighth minute when he picked up a rebound from goalkeeper James Fair to shoot home.
Ashley Jackson, who converted two penalty corners for Great Britain, shot wide on the first penalty corner forced by his team in the 11th minute and then Rob Moore shot wide after collecting a pass on top of the circle.
Jackson was on target with his penalty corner flick that went in off the goalkeeper's stick four minutes into the second half, but Paredes again put Argentina ahead in the 42nd minute after receiving a long pass from Agustin Mazzilli.
Argentine striker Lucas Cammareri made it 3-1 by shooting on target in a crowded circle.
Great Britain's efforts to bounce back were frustrated by Argentina's sound defence.
Jackson managed to reduce the lead with another penalty corner goal in the 65th minute, but Argentina held fort to secure their second win in four matches.
This victory lifted Argentina to six points, having defeated South Korea on Sunday, while Great Britain have four points from three matches.
South Korea outplay Pakistan 4-0 in Azlan Shah Cup - The Times of India
South Korea beat Pakistan 4-0 in Azlan Shah hockey
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
28 May, 2012
IPOH: New Zealand posted their third successive victory by prevailing 3-1 over an erratic Pakistan in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday.
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
By virtue of this win, New Zealand not only boosted their points tally to nine but also consolidated their position on top of the standings.
After taking a three-goal lead four minutes into the second session, the Black Sticks had to ward off numerous Pakistani raids from which the Asian champions could score only once. New Zealand had earlier outplayed India and Argentina in their previous matches, while Pakistan has three points from their win against Argentina.
Ryan Archibald opened the scoring off a pass from Arun Panchia in the eighth minute and Andy Hayward converted a penalty corner two minutes later to help New Zealand race to a 2-0 lead. Pakistan missed a good scoring chance in the 13th minute when a cross from Muhammad Waqas drifted across the goalmouth with two Pakistan strikers unable to push it in.
Pakistan forced two penalty corners but M Imran and skipper Sohail Abbas failed to make an impression with their shots on the New Zealand goal. New Zealand came close to scoring two minutes into the second half when Hayward's shot rebounded off the post, but two minutes later Nick Wilson made it 3-0 by capitalising on a penalty corner rebound.
Pakistan reduced the margin with a fine deflection by Haseem Khan on a shot from Shafaqat Rasool in the 44th minute, but their domination in the second half failed to produce any more goals. The best chance came in the 55th minute when Waqas got the ball in a crowded circle, but feebly pushed the ball straight to the goalkeeper.
Two minutes later, Rasool sent a reverse drive just wide. Pakistan team manager Akhtar Rasool, a former Olympian, said his strikers missed several scoring chances, even though the half-line gave a good account of itself. It was a bad day for us, there were so many misses from the strikers, Rasool said. We are building the team for the Olympics and there are several youngsters in the side, who should learn from what went wrong in this match, he said.
Pakistan captain Abbas said the new-look team did not possess a lot of experience. It is a young team and full of energy, but in the end it came down to availing chances, he said. Meanwhile, in the second match of the day Facundo Callioni scored a goal in the dying seconds of play to clinch a 4-3 victory for Argentina over South Korea in a fast-paced encounter.
Callioni deflected in Martin Vila's pass inside the circle just five seconds from the hooter to give Argentina their initial points after two straight losses, while the Koreans just have one point from three outings. In a match that saw the lead change hands several times, Argentina scored through Martin Vila (10th minute), Agustin Mazzalli (34th) and Callioni (46th and 70th minutes), while the Koreans got their goals from Nam Hyun-Woo (4th) and Jang Jong-Hyun (42nd and 48th).
Five-time champions India squandered chances galore to slump to a 2-3 defeat against Great Britain in the last match of the day.
Playing a brisk game, India failed to capitalise on several opening created by their strikers, faltering in the final execution on numerous occasion. After bouncing back from a two-goal deficit to draw parity, India gave it away through a defensive lapse in the 62nd minute when three defenders were beaten on top of the circle by a through ball that Nick Catlin picked up to score Great Britain's match-winner.
Great Britain earlier scored two goals through penalty corners from Glen Kirkham (28th minute) and Ben Hawes (43rd). But India struck back to score twice in the space of four minutes through a penalty corner conversion from VR Raghunath (55th) and a dazzling deflection by SV Sunil (59th) to make a stunning return to the match. With this win, Great Britain moved into the second position with four points from two matches, behind New Zealand who clinched their third successive victory by defeating Pakistan 3-1 earlier in the day.
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey Pakistan Sports
IPOH (Malaysia): South Korea thrashed much-fancied Pakistan 4-0 to register their first win in four matches at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Monday.
Setting a brisk pace, the South Koreans benefited from Pakistan's erratic strikers, who missed chances galore in the first half.
Nam Hyun-Woo converted two penalty corners for the Koreans, who opened the scoring in the 18th minute on their second penalty corner award.
Pakistan came back strongly with nice field work, but Muhammad Waqas pushed a shot wide after getting a cross in front of an open goal.
Pakistan skipper Sohail Abbas then came close to equalising from their first penalty corner when his shot hit the edge of goalkeeper Lee Myung-Ho's pads and deflected on to the post before rebounding into play.
Abbas had an off day in office on Monday as he failed to penetrate the Korean defence on all four penalty corners Pakistan earned in the game.
Striker Shafqat Rasool then failed to establish control of a diagonal ball inside the circle with an open goal in front.
Nam again shot on target in the 44th minute to make it 2-0 for South Korea.
As Pakistan's game wilted under pressure, You Hyo-Sik increased the lead in the 55th minute after getting a through pass inside the circle.
Hyun Hye-Sung then rounded off South Korea's scoring in the 62nd minute from a diagonal pass.
Down 0-4, Pakistan pressed hard and managed to earn two late penalty corners late in the game but on both the occasion Abbas failed to produce the desired the result.
Inspite of the embarrassing defeat, Pakistan coach Khwaja Junaid defended his team.
"It's disappointing, but we managed to match the energy levels of the Koreans and generated several chances. However, we failed to score goals. This is a grey area we need to work on," Junaid said.
"Like in the game against New Zealand, we conceded goals by individual mistakes," he said.
"We were unlucky to miss sitters. We cannot survive if we keep doing that in international hockey."
South Korea now have four points from four games, while Pakistan have three from as many matches.
New Zealand lead the table with nine points from three games.
Meanwhile in the second match of the day, Mathias Paredes scored two goals as Argentina pulled off an upset 3-2 victory over fancied Great Britain.
The defeat of Great Britain, the highest ranked team in the tournament at world number 4, has opened up the event and the fight for the top two spots that will secure a place in the final.
Paredes opened the scoring in the eighth minute when he picked up a rebound from goalkeeper James Fair to shoot home.
Ashley Jackson, who converted two penalty corners for Great Britain, shot wide on the first penalty corner forced by his team in the 11th minute and then Rob Moore shot wide after collecting a pass on top of the circle.
Jackson was on target with his penalty corner flick that went in off the goalkeeper's stick four minutes into the second half, but Paredes again put Argentina ahead in the 42nd minute after receiving a long pass from Agustin Mazzilli.
Argentine striker Lucas Cammareri made it 3-1 by shooting on target in a crowded circle.
Great Britain's efforts to bounce back were frustrated by Argentina's sound defence.
Jackson managed to reduce the lead with another penalty corner goal in the 65th minute, but Argentina held fort to secure their second win in four matches.
This victory lifted Argentina to six points, having defeated South Korea on Sunday, while Great Britain have four points from three matches.
South Korea outplay Pakistan 4-0 in Azlan Shah Cup - The Times of India
South Korea beat Pakistan 4-0 in Azlan Shah hockey
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
28 May, 2012
IPOH: New Zealand posted their third successive victory by prevailing 3-1 over an erratic Pakistan in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday.
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
By virtue of this win, New Zealand not only boosted their points tally to nine but also consolidated their position on top of the standings.
After taking a three-goal lead four minutes into the second session, the Black Sticks had to ward off numerous Pakistani raids from which the Asian champions could score only once. New Zealand had earlier outplayed India and Argentina in their previous matches, while Pakistan has three points from their win against Argentina.
Ryan Archibald opened the scoring off a pass from Arun Panchia in the eighth minute and Andy Hayward converted a penalty corner two minutes later to help New Zealand race to a 2-0 lead. Pakistan missed a good scoring chance in the 13th minute when a cross from Muhammad Waqas drifted across the goalmouth with two Pakistan strikers unable to push it in.
Pakistan forced two penalty corners but M Imran and skipper Sohail Abbas failed to make an impression with their shots on the New Zealand goal. New Zealand came close to scoring two minutes into the second half when Hayward's shot rebounded off the post, but two minutes later Nick Wilson made it 3-0 by capitalising on a penalty corner rebound.
Pakistan reduced the margin with a fine deflection by Haseem Khan on a shot from Shafaqat Rasool in the 44th minute, but their domination in the second half failed to produce any more goals. The best chance came in the 55th minute when Waqas got the ball in a crowded circle, but feebly pushed the ball straight to the goalkeeper.
Two minutes later, Rasool sent a reverse drive just wide. Pakistan team manager Akhtar Rasool, a former Olympian, said his strikers missed several scoring chances, even though the half-line gave a good account of itself. It was a bad day for us, there were so many misses from the strikers, Rasool said. We are building the team for the Olympics and there are several youngsters in the side, who should learn from what went wrong in this match, he said.
Pakistan captain Abbas said the new-look team did not possess a lot of experience. It is a young team and full of energy, but in the end it came down to availing chances, he said. Meanwhile, in the second match of the day Facundo Callioni scored a goal in the dying seconds of play to clinch a 4-3 victory for Argentina over South Korea in a fast-paced encounter.
Callioni deflected in Martin Vila's pass inside the circle just five seconds from the hooter to give Argentina their initial points after two straight losses, while the Koreans just have one point from three outings. In a match that saw the lead change hands several times, Argentina scored through Martin Vila (10th minute), Agustin Mazzalli (34th) and Callioni (46th and 70th minutes), while the Koreans got their goals from Nam Hyun-Woo (4th) and Jang Jong-Hyun (42nd and 48th).
Five-time champions India squandered chances galore to slump to a 2-3 defeat against Great Britain in the last match of the day.
Playing a brisk game, India failed to capitalise on several opening created by their strikers, faltering in the final execution on numerous occasion. After bouncing back from a two-goal deficit to draw parity, India gave it away through a defensive lapse in the 62nd minute when three defenders were beaten on top of the circle by a through ball that Nick Catlin picked up to score Great Britain's match-winner.
Great Britain earlier scored two goals through penalty corners from Glen Kirkham (28th minute) and Ben Hawes (43rd). But India struck back to score twice in the space of four minutes through a penalty corner conversion from VR Raghunath (55th) and a dazzling deflection by SV Sunil (59th) to make a stunning return to the match. With this win, Great Britain moved into the second position with four points from two matches, behind New Zealand who clinched their third successive victory by defeating Pakistan 3-1 earlier in the day.
NZ beat Pakistan 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey Pakistan Sports
