Pakistan vs China Hockey Highlights: Pakistan lose to China in the semifinal of the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024 on Monday (September 16). With the victory, China have reached the Final of the tournament for the first time in their history.
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A moment in history is made here as Pakistan crash out of the tournament. It is the Chinese goalkeeper Wang Caiyu who stands tall with some outstanding keeping in the shootout. Pakistan will be bitterly disappointed with their performance. Rejoice for the Chinese who have made their home crowd proud. They will await the winner of the India vs Korea match to meet tomorrow in the Championship clash.
Save!! Abdul Rehman's shot is saved. China are into the Final.
Pakistan 0-2 China (PS)
Save!! Muneeb makes another save to deny E Wenhui.
Pakistan 0-2 China
A goal form China now will take them to the Final.
Save!! Ajaz Ahmed's shot is saved as well. The China keeper Wang Caiyu is on fire.
Pakistan 0-2 China
Save!! Muneeb makes a save from Lu Yuanlin
Pakistan 0-2 China
Save!! Ahmad Nadeem's shot is saved.
Pakistan 0-2 China
Goaaal!! Lin Changliang scores.
Pakistan 0-2 China
Save!! Arshad Liaqat fails to score. The Pakistani player gets timed out.
Pakistan 0-1 China
Goaaaal!! Chen Benhai scores.
Pakistan 0-1 China
The tension builds in Hulunbuir as we wait for the penalty shootout. It will start in any minute now.
The Full Time hooter blows and it ends 1-1. We are set for the Penalty Shootout now.
60'Pakistan have gone for a penalty corner appeal with just 20 seconds remaining on the clock.
59'A driving run on the left from Pakistan but the China defence does it job at the edge of the circle.
58'Pakistan win a free hit in a dangerous position. As they try to build with it, Hannan Shahid commits a foul and squanders possession.
56'Pakistan push forward with Rooman whose pass finds Abdul Rehman. The Pakistani attacker is then penalized for using the back of the stick.
54'Another fine move from Pakistan but Chinese defence stands tall to thwart it.
51'He Yonghua drives inside the right side but loses the ball eventually. From the counterattack, Hannan Shahid shows incredible stick work to penetrate the circle but he is outnumbered by the Chinese defence.
48'China come close again. This time a shot from Chao is kept out by the Pakistan keeper with his extended left hand.
46'Pakistan create a chance early on in the quarter but China win the ball back. Lin Changliang tries to find a teammate with a long ball but that is way overhit.
The fourth quarter starts.
45'Pakistan launch another attack on eht front but China keep out.
42'Excellent save from the China keeper to keep out Waheed Rana from point-blank range. His reflection was excellent on that occasion to deny the Pakistan attacker.
40'Pakistan attempt another shot. This time a sliding pass from Hannan Shahid finds Salman Razzak but China defend well.
China took a review against the umpire's decision but the TV umpire sees nothing wrong in it. The goal stands.
Goaaaaaaaal!! Pakistan equalize with a decent strike from Ahmad Nadeem. A simple finish but the shot was extremely accurate and finds the right corner.
35'Moin Shakeel gets into the circle and takes a loopy shot. The Chinese keeper gets it out and the umpire has penalized for a raised ball.
34'Pakistan attempt another long ball but it ends without anything.
31'A smashing ball sent in across the goal and it goes out without any touch.
The third quarter starts in Hulunbuir.
Inspired by their newly-appointed Head Coach Tahir Zaman, Pakistan only got better with each match in the tournament. They began with back-to-back 2-2 draw against Malaysia and Korea. They managed 2-1 win against Japan, 5-1 win against China and lost 1-2 to India - making it their only loss in the tournament.
China, on the other hand, began with a 0-3 loss to India but had mixed results in their campaign with a 4-2 win against Malaysia, lost 2-3 to Korea, lost to Pakistan 1-5 but sneaked into the semis with 0-2 win against Japan.
"We will go all out against China on Monday. We did well against them in the league stage and know their strengths and weakness. It also helps that we arrived for this tournament very early and played quite a few matches against China. We look forward to a good game and if we win, there is nothing better than an India-Pakistan final," says Pakistan captain Butt.
In the other semifinal, India will be up against Korea in another crunch encounter.
Abdul Rehman, Ajaz Ahmad, Ali Ghazanfar, Ammad Butt, Mujammad Hammadudin, Zikriya Hayat, Ishtiaq Khan, Sufyan Khan, Arshad Liaqat, Abu Mahmood, Ahmad Nadeem, Faisal Qadir, Waheed Ashraf Rana, Salman Razzaq, Rooman, Hannan Shahid, Moin Shakeel, Muneeb Ur-Rehman
China Squad Hockey ACT 2024
Qijun Chen, Jiesheng Gao, Chongcong Chen, Yuanlin Lu, Dihao Meng, Nan Meng, Changling Lin, Ziyang Huang, Yang Ao, Jieming Chao, Caiyu Wang, Kaimin E, Wenhui E, Xiaotong Zhu, Benhai Chen, Taozhu Zhang, Yonghua He, Weihao Wang