Monday, October 02, 2023
KARACHI: Japan hockey group's 3-2 win over Pakistan took the Green Shirts out of the semis race of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday.
Pakistan expected to win their last gathering stage match against Japan to stay in the semis race, yet they missed the mark.
The Men Dressed in Green started to lead the pack in the fifth moment after an objective from Arshad Liaquat, yet Japan hit back with two fast objectives in the 6th and seventeenth moment through Tanaka Kaito and Fukuda Kentaro, separately, to assume command over the match.
Fujishima Raiki stretched out Japan's lead to 3-1 in the 28th moment. Be that as it may, Pakistan returned into the coordinate not long after with an objective from Arbaz Ahmad.
In spite of the two groups taking steps to score more objectives in the last quarter, the match finished 3-2 in support of Japan.
Pakistan will presently confront the group in third spot in Pool B for the fifth and 6th situation on October 6.
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Prior, Pakistan lead trainer and group chief Saeed Khan apologized to the country for the humiliating 10-2 against India on Saturday.
"I am sorry to the country for this tremendous loss against India. We have never lost with such a major edge against India," Saeed said.
"I was a colleague when we crushed India 7-1 in the Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1982. However we were expecting rout against a strong Indian group positioned third on the planet, we never considered losing with such a colossal edge."
As indicated by Saeed, the subsequent significant reason for such an unfortunate show against India was the shortfall of value support staff with the group.
"We don't have the expected care staff with us. Different groups have eight to ten-part staff and we barely have a few," he said.
"You can't cause your player to use their ability in the most ideal manner. These players have no monetary security which torment their advancement," he said.
"There ought to be a limited sum for hockey improvement in Pakistan with each penny to be made responsible. India contributes over Rs2 billion on hockey alone every year and we have no limited sum for hockey improvement or for players' monetary security."
It should be noticed that Pakistan began the Asian Games with three persuading wins against Singapore, Bangladesh, and Uzbekistan.
