Kim Sung-yeob had put South Korea 2-0 ahead with goals in the 18th and 41st minutes before Ahmad Shakeel Butt forced the game into a penalty shootout with his own brace in the 46th and 70th minutes.
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India’s junior men’s hockey team beat Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2015 final to lift its 8th edition on Sunday.
The win in the pool meeting will defintely give a psychological advantage to India over their opponents.
The semi-final victory was also India’s second in the tournament against Japan, having beaten them at the group league stage. Yamada doubled Japan’s lead through a penalty and wrapped up the match by scoring a third goal in the 68th minute.
India drew first blood after only 10 minutes with Harmanpreet firing home their first penalty corner.
Pakistan struck back in the 28th minute with a field goal by Muhammad Yaqoob before Harmanpreet completed his hat-trick in the 30th minute with India finishing the first-half with a comfortable 3-1 lead.
Harmanpreet Singh was the top scorer with four goals, Armaan Qureshi and Manpreet chipped in with a goal each.
Mohamed Yacoob scored a second goal in the 67th minute for Pakistan, but it was too little too late to save the match.
Earlier, South Korea edged Japan 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal.
The Pakistan-South Korea game will be just as interesting.
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India started the first half with their usual flair and attacking display as Mandeep opened the account in the 12th minute.
