Malaysia beat India 4-3 in semi-finals!

Zeenews Bureau

Guangzhou: Malaysia’s Amin Rahim ended India’s Asiad gold campaign with a goal in the fag end of extra time, bringing an end to the most entertaining match of the tournament.
The final score was 4-3 in Malaysia’s favour as the Indian outfit had to suffer the heartbreak despite giving it their all in the field.
However, despite the loss, India will fight it out with S Korea for a bronze medal.
Malaysia refused to die out of the semi-final of the Asian Games and equalised, taking the score to 3-3 in the dying phases of the second half and gave the most gripping match of the tournament.
Indian skipper Rajpal Singh had come good just when it was needed the most and he flicked one into the opponent’s net to take 3-2 lead in the action packed tie that had gotten the crowd worked up in Guangzhou.
The second half had started with India taking the honours in the first minutes as the lead went to Rajpal and Co. 2-1. The opponents however came back strongly and again equalised 2-2 with 21 minutes remaining before the whistle.
The first half yielded two goals with the first one just three minutes to go before the buzzer as Malaysia made the first breakthrough in the Indian defence.
However, it was a great comeback by the tournament’s highest scorer Sandeep Singh as he equalized in the last minute to finish the first quarter 1-1.
India had started the tie, looking to carve out a dream India-Pakistan final for the gold but the chances could not be converted for the maximum early-on due to solid Malaysian defence.

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No matter atleast we won against our enemy Pakistan. - Arsad Reyaz - Patna
koi naa ......pakistan ko hara liya naaaaaa.. - rajesh - bikaner
we have won against pakistan that is enough instead of going for the gold and dear pakistanis pray that we dnt make it to d finals or else it would have been another crushing defeat for u ,,.. - ANUP CHANDRAN - CHENNAI
india plz gold lana h or har team ko harana h - akshay - delhi
ha ha i am so happy bcoz india lost the game.& hope pakistan will get gold medal - lalpari - india