India finds itself on the brink of qualifying for the Super Fours following their win over Japan. China also had a dominant display against Kazakhstan.
00:00Hello and welcome to ITGD Sports and this is me Alan John. Once again we are in the beautiful Rajgir, day 3 of the Asia Cup and the Pool A games have come to a close today. Yesterday it was Pool B and we got a little bit of a picture with Malaysia edging closer and today I think the Indian fans will be very happy that India has taken a step closer towards making it to the super force.
00:24Yes, the mathematical equations will now come into play. India can still mathematically go out also but let's say on the positive side. So India is going to make it to the super force. They will play Kazakhstan tomorrow and let's get into the results today.
00:41So the first result was a resounding win for a Chinese team that has turned heads in this tournament. That performance against India made everyone take notice of this team because of the brand of hockey that they have been playing. It's been very refreshing to see.
00:59Against Kazakhstan the scoreline well that pretty much summed up the performance from Kazakhstan and China. China scored 13 goals and Kazakhstan could only muster up one which they scored which they actually opened the scoring on the day.
01:15They scored the first goal of the match and that put China on the back foot. And that was a real test for them. You know going into this match seeing how they will respond and then they just responded by shredding the Kazakhstan team.
01:3013 goals and that was a brilliant brilliant performance which now puts them on the driver's seat when it comes to taking the second spot in Pule because the first spot right now is with the Indian team.
01:46The Indian team again edged out Japan 3-2. It's been a margin of one goals for India at this tournament.
01:54But to be fair when you look at the Chinese performance against China and the performance against Japan today I think it was miles apart.
02:03The Indian team looked superior. They were you know good defensively right from the front. The attackers were putting pressure on the Japanese defense.
02:16Then the midfielders joined in. Then the defense. There were a lot of good counter-attacking moves. The forwards were clicking. Harman Preet again with a brace bringing in the goals for India.
02:29And Mandib kicked things off with a brilliant brilliant goal at the beginning. And India are almost through.
02:37They will now take on Kazakhstan and Coach Fulton has said that he is not going to be you know he is going to be ensuring that the goals do come in.
02:47He is waiting for the goals to come in. And yeah so tomorrow there is going to be four games. All the pool matches will come to an end tomorrow.
02:55And join us tomorrow as we are going to go a little late into the night. The Indian match will start at 7.30. And yeah that's about it from Rajgir today. See you guys tomorrow.
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