Chennai: Tough fights and close wins surround Day-6 of the 4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) played in Chennai today, where Hockey Odisha and Sports Authority of India emerged victorious and joined Haryana and Punjab in the semi-finals to be played this Saturday. While Haryana will take on Punjab on Saturday in the first semi-final match, Sports Authority of India will clash against Odisha in the second semi-final match. It is yet to be seen who will keep their nerves and take the bus to the finale.
In Pool B match, Hockey Odisha continues its winning form and in its 3rd match of Pool B, the team beats Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd convincing to enter the next stage of the tournament. The team beat the opponents with a 4-0 margin and not giving them a single chance to open their scorecard. All 4 goals by Odisha were converted through the penalty corner opportunities that the team got. The team got its first penalty corner in the very 1st minute which was converted from the stick of Sanjit Toppo. In the 31st minute the team got its second penalty corner and this time it was Anand Lakra who did the scoring. Going into the second half Hockey Odisha was leading 2 goals to 0.
Struggling hard but failing to score even a single goal in the second half as well, Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd continued to disappoint allowing Joseph Toppo to score a penalty corner in 61st minute. Finishing the game and giving Hockey Odisha an interesting win Anuranjan Tirkey stroked in a goal in 68th minute giving them a convincing win.
In Pool D match, Sports Authority of India continues its dream run in the tournament by beating Hockey Bhopal 5-0 today, which takes them to the semi-final stage. The team went on the attack immediately and in the 6th minute Navdeep Singh converted the penalty corner opportunity. In the 30th minute Sports Authority of India took another lead when Ajay Yadav scored a field goal. After the end of the session the team was leading with 2 goals to 0, denying Hockey Bhopal any scoring opportunity during the entire session. The scenario was different in the second half as Sports Authority continued its attack and goal scoring session. The team scored another 3 goals in the second half and which came in the 49th, 54th and 67th minute.
In another Pool B match, a strong clash was seen between Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka where the end result of the match went in favour of Himachal Pradesh as they registered a close win by 4-3. The opening goal of the match came from Harmanjeet Singh of Himachal Pradesh in the 15th minute of the game which was quickly countered by Karnataka’s Anjaneya S A in the 19th minute, levelling the scores at 1-1.
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