The Indian women’s hockey team put the frustration of the not too long ago culminated Hangzhou Asian Games behind itself and trounced Japan 4-0 to win the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy on the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday, November 5.
The Japanese turned out to be no match for the Indians as Sangita Kumari (seventeenth minute), Neha (forty sixth), Laremsiami (57th) and Vandana Katariya (sixtieth) scored objectives for the Women in Blue to stamp India’s dominance within the summit conflict.
This is India’s second Women’s Asian Champions Trophy title in historical past, having received the primary time again in 2016 in Singapore. Japan, who got here into the sport because the defending champions and had been wanting to take revenge for the loss suffered within the bronze medal match on the not too long ago concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou, bought comprehensively crushed.
Watch the video that includes the Indian women’s hockey team’s celebration after profitable the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy title for the second time:
The Savita Punia-led facet was coming into this last showdown due to its 2-1 victory in Hangzhou and the psychological benefit that it had over Japan performed a vital position in deciding the end result of the ultimate.
The Indians had been on the offensive proper from the primary quarter and it pressured the Japanese team to defend. India’s unrelenting assaults created alternatives for them and it translated into a good looking purpose by Sangita within the seventeenth minute of the fixture as she discovered the online after receiving the ball from Neha Goyal.
Japan tried to break the shackles quite a few instances however the Indian defence was on fixed watch and thwarted each different attacking transfer made by the Japanese.
In the top, it turned out to be a reasonably one-sided encounter and the hosts India acquired a rousing reception from the house crowd as they outclassed the defending champions.
Meanwhile, Asian Games champions China defeated South Korea 2-1 earlier to end within the third spot.
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