Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019 Finals - India vs Korea: Live Score, Commentary and Match Updates: 30 March 2019

INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 1 (SHOOTOUT 2 - 4)

Updated: 30 March 2019 22:07 IST - Published: 30 March 2019 15:05 IST

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A PENALTY STROKE AWARDED TO KOREA SEALED INDIA'S FATE IN THE 47TH MINUTE AFTER THEY HAD MANAGED TO HANG ON TO A 1-0 LEAD THROUGH A FIELD GOAL SCORED BY SIMRANJEET SINGH IN THE 9TH MINUTE - AND A WOEFUL SHOOTOUT FOLLOWED!!

A GREAT COMEBACK BY THE KOREANS WHO MISSED SOME KEY PLAYERS AT LAST YEAR'S ASIAN GAMES AND ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY - AS THEY WIN THEIR THIRD AZLAN SHAH CUP IN STYLE BEATING THE FIFTH-RANKED SIDE IN THE WORLD!!!

THE LONG LIST OF LOST SHOOTOUTS CONTINUES - CHAMPIONS TROPHY, LONDON 2016 AGAINST AUSTRALIA, CHAMPIONS TROPHY, BREDA, 2018 AGAINST AUSTRALIA, ASIAN GAMES SEMI-FINALS AGAINST MALAYSIA - IS IT JUST BAD LUCK - OR CAN SHOOUTOUTS BE PRACTISED AND PERFECTED?

INDIA LOSE THE SHOOTOUT 2 -4 - - AND INDIA'S LONG RUN OF LOST SHOOTOUTS CONTINUES!!!

HISTORY REPEATS - AS INDIA LOSE YET ANOTHER SHOOTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE INDIANS CONVERTED THE SECOND AND THIRD - MISSED THE FIRST, FOURTH, AND FIFTH

THE KOREANS MISSED THEIR THIRD AND CONVERTED ALL THE OTHERS

AFTER FOUR SHOOTOUTS - ITS KOREA 3 - INDIA 2!!

THE KOREANS WILL HAVE TO TAKE ONE AGAIN AFTER A REFERRAL THOUGH!!!!

THE INDIANS HAVE MISSED THE FIRST - BUT MANAGE TO CONVERT THE NEXT TWO - THE KOREANS HAVENT MISSED YET!!!

KOREA LEAD 2 -1 AFTER THREE SHOOTOUTS!!!!!!!!!!

LIST OF PLAYERS WHO WILL TAKE THE SHOOTOUT FOR INDIA

1. Mandeep - Missed
2. Sumit Kumar Junior - Missed
3. Birendra Lakra - Scored
4. Varun Kumar - Scored
5. Sumit - Missed

NOT SREEJESH - BUT KRISHAN PATHAK AT THE POST FOR INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WILL THE YOUNGSTER BE A HERO TODAY??

FULL-TIME: INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 1

SIMRANJEET SINGH - 9 (FG)
JANG-JONG HYUN - 47 (PS)

THAT IS ALL THERE IS TIME FOR AT THE STADIUM AZLAN SHAH - WE ARE IN FOR A SHOOTOUT TO DECIDE THE WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!

Korea come away - into the Indian circle - after the Indians fail to convert the PC - and lose possession!!

KOREA CANNOT GET A PC - BUT INDIA CAN - WILL THIS BE THE MOMENT?????? WE ARE IN THE 58TH MINUTE!!!

KOREA WANT A PC - NOTHING DOING SAYS THE VIDEO REFEREE!!!!

Manpreet tries to force his way into the Korean circle - fails to get past a dogged Korean defence

The Indians defence called into action yet again -this time it's Birendra Lakra who keeps the Koreans away from the vicinity of the goal

Mandeep tries to set Simranjeet up - who fails to control the ball in the striking circle

The Koreans try a counter of their own - but lose the ball - and the plot!!!!

Mandeep into the attack for India - fails to score though - but India on an all-out offensive now!!!

INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 1

DANGER FOR INDIA - KOREA HAVE THE PENALTY STROKE AFTER ALL - AND MAKE NO MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!! JANG-JONG HYUN SCORES!!

THE KOREANS ARE AWARDED A PENALTY STROKE IN THE 47TH MIN- INDIA GO UPSTAIRS - WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE???

The Indians try in vain to increase the lead - but manage to ward off a barrage of attacks from the South Koreans - THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE CRACKER OF A FINAL QUARTER!!!!

END OF Q3: INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 0

Sreejesh to the rescue - ensures that his team end the third quarter with a one-goal lead

The Indian vice-captain is having a field-day - Surender thwarts a Korean attack yet again

The Indians into the attack again but fail to get the ball past the Korean goalie

Surender in the thick of the action - fails to control the ball in the striking circle - but does well to stop the Koreans in his own circle

The Indian defence stretched - but respond well as the Koreans launch an offensive

NO DAMAGE DONE AS THE KOREANS FAIL TO CONVERT!!!!

Trouble for India early in the third quarter - as Korea earn their first PC!!!

THE INDIANS HAVE DONE WELL NOT TO CONCEDE ANY PCs THUS FAR - BUT HAVE A WAFER-THIN LEAD WHICH THEY WILL NEED TO CONSOLIDATE - AS THE TEAMS LEAVE THE FIELD FOR THE LONG BREATHER - ITS ADVANTAGE INDIA - JUST ABOUT!!

HALF-TIME: INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 0

SIMRANJEET SINGH - 9 (FG)

The Koreans launch a speedy counter attack forcing the Indians to retreat - and that is all we have time for as the first half ends

The Koreans attempt a long overhead pass but the Indian defence are quick to retain possession and advance towards the striking circle

THE VIDEO REFEREE RULES IN FAVOR OF THE KOREANS - NO PC IS THE CALL

THE KOREANS DECIDE TO GO UPSTAIRS AFTER THE INDIANS ARE AWARDED BACK-TO-BACK PCs - WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE??

THE INDIANS EARN A PC - AND ANOTHER - CAN THEY SCORE A SECOND????

The Indians control possession and look to increase the lead midway through the second quarter as the Korean defence is kept busy

End-to-end action as the Koreans launch a counter after thwarting an Indian attack - no damage done though

Simranjeet's tomahawk fails to find the target as the Indians launch an early attack in Q2

ONE PC TO INDIA - NOT CONVERTED - BUT THE INDIANS HAVE THE UPPER HAND THANKS TO A GOAL FROM SIMRANJEET SINGH - THE KOREANS HAVE YET TO EARN A SHORT CORNER

END OF Q1: INDIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 0

THE INDIANS FAIL TO CONVERT THE PC BUT END THE FIRST QUARTER WITH A ONE-GOAL LEAD

FIRST PC FOR INDIA - CAN THEY CAPITALIZE???

The Indians are back in numbers and deny space to the Korean strikers as they attempt to launch an attack

The Koreans are on the offensive as they search for an equalizer but fail to penetrate the striking circle after a swift attack