That's it from us here - this is Subhashish signing off - do join us tomorrow when the Indian men take on Malaysia in the first semifinal at 1600 IST- Good night!!!
THE OLD GUARD - THE CHINESE AND THE SOUTH KOREANS WILL NOT BE PLAYING THE FINAL - IT WILL BE INDIA VS JAPAN ON FRIDAY AT 1830 IST - DO NOT MISS THAT ONE!!!! ON CURRENT FORM, THE INDIANS WILL START FAVORITES IN THE FINAL TOO!!!
REENA KHOKAR WAS BRILLIANT - RANI WAS TOO- UDITA SHOWED HER ENERGY UP FRONT - NAVNEET WAS UNLUCKY TO HAVE MISSED A FEW - THE INDIAN DEFENCE WAS OUTSTANDING!!
THE STATS LADIES AND GENTS- THE INDIANS HAD 12 SHOTS ON GOAL (5 FROM OPEN PLAY) - THE CHINESE HAD JUST 2 (ONE FROM OPEN PLAY), THE INDIANS HAD 7 PCs - THE CHINESE GOALIE DID HER BIT - BUT HOW MANY CAN GURJIT MISS?? THE CHINESE HAD JUST ONE PC - NEED WE SAY WHO DOMINATED THE BIG SEMIFINAL???
GURJIT FIRED IT IN - HIGH AND TO THE LEFT - TO REGISTER HER TENTH GOAL - AND POWER HER TEAM TO A HISTORIC FINAL AFTER 20 YEARS - WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM THE GOLDEN GIRLS!!!
IN THE END IT WAS A LONE GOAL - BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MANY MORE - SUCH WAS THE DOMINATION OF SJOERD MARIJNE'S CHARGERS - THE INDIANS HAVE OUTPLAYED THE CHINESE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT - AND THOROUGHLY DESERVE A PLACE IN THE FINAL
THE INDIANS HAVE THE UPPER HAND - BUT DO NOT HAVE THE OPENING GOAL - REENA KHOKAR TRIES TO FIND A GOAL ON HER OWN - SOMETHING HER TEAMMATES UP FRONT NEED TO DO MORE!!!!
The referee felt the ball hit a Chinese foot at the goalmouth- the Chinese refer- well, well, well, no stroke after all!!! The ball hit the stick says Ayana McLean, the video official
The Indians had 2 shots on goals - the Chinese had 1. Both sides earned one PC each. Which of these teams will overcome the other to meet Japan in Friday's final??
The Indians were the better side in the first quarter - but seem to have run out of space and ideas in the second. The Chinese players clearly had the ascendancy in the past fifteen minutes - the Indian defence has held firm though!!
