Sharjah, The Indian senior girls’s staff went right down to Korea 0-3 of their concluding Pink Women Cup match on the Al Hamriya Sports activities Membership Stadium right here on Wednesday.
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The Koreans, positioned twentieth within the FIFA rankings, led 2-0 at half time.
Whereas Choi Yoojung and Choi Dagyeong put Korea Republic within the lead within the first half, Mun Eunju rounded off the tally within the 81st minute.
Within the Pink Women Cup, India performed three matches profitable the opener towards Jordan, earlier than shedding to Russia and Korea.
As anticipated, the Koreans proved too scorching to deal with and camped themselves within the Indian half proper from the phrase go. Credit score to Crispin Chettri’s women for closing the gaps early. It took the sting out of Korean assaults to some extent, however wasn’t sufficient to maintain their rivals at bay for a very long time.
Relentless strain pressured the Indian defenders to commit just a few infringements close to their space and one in all them resulted within the first objective within the eighth minute. Choi Yoojung and skipper Lee Youngju had been the livewires of the Korean assaults and the previous struck the primary blow.
The direct free kick India conceded was on the sting of the field with a transparent view of the body. Choi Yoojung hammered the free kick brilliantly offering the precise trajectory that made the ball discover the online with a smoothness for which Shreya Hooda had no reply.
Total, Shreya was an alert buyer, at all times on her toes as she needed to negotiate with too many onslaughts from all angles. She did her job nicely, together with saving a penalty within the 66th minute, however she might do little when Choi Dagyeong scored the second objective within the twenty seventh minute.
The Indian defenders allowed the ball to remain within the Indian field for too lengthy and paid the penalty. Dagyeong tapped the ball in from an virtually handshaking distance.
The Indian assaults had been far and few. Within the first half, the one time the Korean goalkeeper was examined was when she collected a Lynda Kom hopeful shot with a quite informal method. India earned just a few corners although none of them produced something fruitful.
Within the second half, India seemed higher organised and took the ball to the opposite facet extra usually than earlier than. Their makes an attempt to make use of the wings had been commendable at occasions however had been blocked by the Korean defenders.
On the opposite finish, the Koreans discovered Indian defenders a tricky nut to crack, although Mun Eunju managed to extend the margin within the 81st minute.