Hockey World Cup Crossover Hlts: Korea upset Argentina, Germany beat France
Hockey World Cup 2023, Crossover Highlights: While the first game was an easy affair with Germany going past France 5-1. A surprise was in store in the second game as Korea beat Argentina in Shoot-out
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Korea beat Argentina 3-2 in shoot-out after the regulation time ended 5-5 in a crossover match of the Hockey World Cup 2023. Photo: Hockey India
Hockey World Cup 2023, Crossover Highlights
It was a thrilling evening of hockey once again at the Kalinga International Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. While there was a shoot-out in both the games on Sunday, on Monday it was the second game that delighted the crowd. Korea trailed 0-1 in the first quarter and then came back to get level and then get ahead 2-1 before Argentina scored twice to make it a four-goal second quarter and the first half ended 3-2 in the favour of the South Americans.
In the second half, Korea equalised again in the third quarter before Argentina got ahead 4-3 at the end of the third quarter. The team in sky blue went up 5-3 at the start of the last quarter. However, the Asian team didn't give up and scored twice in the last quarter to finish the game 5-5.
In the shoot-out, the Koreans brimming with confidence scored three out of four shots, while Argentina could get only two out of their five shots and lost 3-2.
Germany vs France Crossover
Germany, who were tremendous in the first half scoring four goals, conceded in the fourth quarter but came back strong to score another one and finish the game at 5-1 against France to move to the quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal, the Germans will play England. For the Germans, there were five different goal scorers in Marco Miltkau, Niklas Wellen, Mats Grambusch, Moritz Trompertz and Gonzalo Peillat. For France, François Goyet was the lone scorer.
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First Published: Jan 23 2023 | 5:36 PM IST
