Korea 2 India 1..

SOUTH Korea came prepared for a win, and they followed their coaches script to edge India 2-1 in Ipoh yesterday.
  After losing 3-2 to Malaysia, Korea held a good account of themselves and denied India, who dominated the second half with six penalty corners, but were frustrated by speedy first runners.
  "We knew the strength of the India side, and we came prepared to block their penalty corners and also some of their key players. It worked and we got their three points to keep our campaign alive," said Korean coach Shin Seok Kyo.
  India coach kept to the same script, as he said they are in an ongoing process to strengthen their juniors side.
  "We came with 10 Junior World Cup players and their inexperience showed in the first half, but they came back strongly in the second half but could not conveert. We are building a young side, so the result was not too bad," said India coach Michael Nobbs.
  The Koreans dominated proceedings and the agile Indian custodian P.R. Sreejest kept them at bay, making some saves that were almost impossible to pull off.
  Korea made it count from their second penalty corner as Nam Hyun Woo relayed the ball to the right for Kang Moon Kweon to deflect it into the roof of the India goal in the 29th minute.
  Although Korea were awarded two more penalty corner in the closing minutes of the first half, they could not add to their tally.
  India were on level terms four minutes upon resumption, thanks to some great work by Mandeep Singh on the right who evaded two defenders before setting up Malak Singh to tap into an empty goal.
  However, India went down in the 60th minute when Kang scored his second goal when he connected a long hit from Jung Man Jae.
 


  RESULTS: Australia 6 Pakistan 0, South Korea 2 India 1, Malaysia x New Zealand x.

STANDINGS

               P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts


AUSTRALIA      2  2  0  0  10 3  6
PAKISTAN       2  1  0  1  4  9  3
MALAYSIA       1  1  0  0  3  2  3
INDIA          2  0  0  2  4  6  0
N ZEALAND      1  0  0  1  3  4  0
KOREA          2  1  0  1  4  4  3