Jeremy Hayward struck twice from the penalty nook as title favourites Australia eked out a slim 4-3 win over Spain and enter their twelfth straight semifinals of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup right here on Tuesday. Winners of the 1986, 2010 and 2014 editions, Australia have made it to the semifinals of the World Cup on 11 events because the 1978 event in Buenos Aires. Spain captain Marc Miralles dedicated a pricey mistake of their quarterfinal match as he failed to attain from the penalty stroke 4 minutes from the ultimate hooter, when his staff was coaching 3-4.
Had he scored, the match would have gone to the shootout.
In the semifinals on Friday, Australia will face the winner of Wednesday’s quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and South Korea.
Australia had misplaced to the Dutch within the semifinals in a penalty shootout within the final version right here in 2018.
Hayward struck within the thirty third and thirty seventh minutes from penalty corners whereas Flynn Ogilvie (thirtieth) and captain Aran Zalewski (thirty second) scored subject objectives for Australia.
Sponsored by Vuukle
Xavier Gispert (twentieth), Marc Recasens (twenty fourth) and Marc Miralles (forty first) had been the objective scorers for Spain who will head residence now. They had completed a lowly thirteenth final time.
Spain prevented Australia from taking part in their fast-paced, one-touch sport within the first quarter and held on to their very own. Australia had been, nevertheless, the extra dominant aspect as they obtained three penalty corners within the first quarter-hour however couldn’t convert even as soon as.
Penalty nook specialist Blake Grover took two with none success whereas Jeremy Hayward flicked as soon as for a similar end result as the 2 sides had been locked goal-less on the finish of the primary quarter.
But Spain sprung a shock within the second quarter, scoring two objectives as towards one by Australia. At one cut-off date, ideas of an upset win may have crossed the minds of the sizable crowd on the Kalinga Stadium. The European aspect had been main 2-0 until the ultimate minute of the second quarter.
Spain scored two positive subject objectives by Xavier Gispert and Marc Recasens to go 2-0 up within the twenty fourth minute. But with only a few seconds left within the second quarter, Australia pulled one again after Flynn Ogilvie discovered himself unchallenged within the Spain hanging circle from a Matt Dawson go.
Ogilvie struck laborious and beat the goalkeeper to ease the strain piling on them.
If Spain had been the higher aspect within the second quarter, Australia had been clearly the dominant staff within the third, as they struck three of the 4 objectives scored in that interval.
There was a three-goal burst within the house of 5 minutes for Australia as Aran Zalewski discovered the goal within the second minute of the third quarter earlier than Jeremy Hayward struck twice, within the thirty third and thirty seventh minutes. From trailing 0-2 simply earlier than the top of second quarter, Australia had been 4-2 up within the third.
Spain pulled one again 4 minutes earlier than the top of the third quarter, with Marc Miralles scoring from a penalty nook.
The fourth quarter was a closely-fought contest and Spain had an opportunity to attain the equaliser and take the match to the shootout. But Miralles wasted the penalty stroke with Australia goalkeeper Andrew Charter, who was later named the Player of the Match, blocking the shot along with his outstretched left leg.
Belgium Enter Semi-finals
Defending champions Belgium superior into the semifinals of the continuing FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup after overpowering New Zealand 2-0 within the second quarterfinal match on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Belgium confronted a formidable problem from New Zealand. Van Aubel Florent made a spectacular subject objective within the fifteenth minute, whereas Tom Boon transformed a penalty nook within the tenth.
Both objectives had been scored within the opening interval. The Kiwis did their greatest to provide the formidable Belgium a severe battle after their crossover victory over the hosts India, however they had been solely in a position to restrict the objectives scored towards them to 2. The Black Sticks had been hardly given any room to manoeuvre by Belgium.
Only one in every of Belgium’s three penalty nook opportunities–which got here within the sport’s tenth, twenty fourth, and thirty fifth minutes–was profitable. New Zealand had been awarded an analogous quantity of penalty corners within the twenty eighth, forty sixth and 59th minutes. They missed all of their alternatives to attain. A rock-solid defence from Belgium prevented them from having any scoring possibilities.
In the forty eighth minute, Kiwi captain Woods Nic was proven a yellow card. During the sport’s closing section, they had been down to only 10 gamers, which put additional strain on them. They made each effort to win within the fourth and closing quarter, however the Red Lions’ defenders and custodians proved to be too robust for them. With stable defending methods, Belgium rolled into the semifinals and went one step nearer to defending their title crown.
(With ANI Inputs)
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
“Wrestling Federation Treats Athletes As Slaves”: Athlete Sunita Godara
Topics talked about on this article
