India v Malaysia Full Hockey Game (Day 3 - 1st Nov) 4th Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2016

h la please is it still the name of Malaysia's national Anem why is the St still oh okay good afternoon viewers welcome to the first match of the third day in the

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's Asian Champions Trophy right here in the Singapore Sang Stadium. You are witnessing the

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between India and Malaysia. India, who comes into this

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with two losses to Korea and China early in the competition, and India who comes with a win and a draw, tied with Japan at all on the first day and beat Korea 21, so now Both teams have something to fight for, with Malaysia looking for their first win of the competition and India fighting to reach the last four in the competition taking place on Saturday, meanwhile we have India. and blue attacking on your screen from right to left and they are in possession at the moment with Monica on the ball, a good strong hit from Malaysia City Captain Rouani, one of the most experienced players in the Malaysia team at the moment and I have with me ,uh. the technical analyst and one of my very good friends who with me in the national

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organization years ago, like when we played for Singapore, Mr. nin manaf, welcome nin, hello, okay, Malaysia is putting pressure on India, right?

Now and uh, we're still in the first quarter of the game, the score is still at zero, zero, unfortunate blow. Mish hit there, the ball comes back to India. Monica with the ball looking for grace and a fall. Grace is dumped by one. of the Malaysian players go, darling, a nice strong hit in the Indian quarter, a loose ball from the Malaysian striker Grace with the ball looking for Monica on the right, quick exit, letting the right side of the field pass by the sideline, goes and the ball. goes to India, a quick break there from the uh Indian f Wards and a nice hard cross across goal, but unfortunately for India, no one at the other end could connect it.

Rani Punam, who did everything she could to get to the ball. It was not successful and now we have Mónica with the ball looking for options. She is well intercepted there by the Malaysian midfielder. The ball to Malaysia was intercepted once again by the Indian player and we have Vanana chasing a ball close to one of the Malaysian midfielders. CAD with the ball looking for an option Grace well intercepted there closing the ball before Hanis could reach Bandana Punam to r r to Punam looking for vendena in front, a good series of passes from the Indian players to the Malaysian goal and we have the first goal of the game, goal well worked by the Indian players from their right half to the left flank of the pitch 6 moving into a scoring position we get a confirmation of who the scorer is in no time so what do you have any opinion on that ninja?

Yes, I think it was a good move by India, especially, they are playing 2v1, they create the 2v1 attack, which was easily defeated, they beat Malaysia's defense. I think they should. play like this instead of being too individual like the last few, maybe the previous game is correct, yes for those of you who watched the previous games you would have noticed that the Indian team was trying to dribble their way out of situations. But this time they seem to be working on a lot of series of passes to get the ball to the Malaysia D and they did it success

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y by scoring the first goal and on your screen you now have Monica who is down, she took a hit. um in the middle in the mid section of her body she seems to be out of breath right now I have the physiotherapist there um just tending to her and today it would be interesting how we will find Malaysia handling the Indian counter attack because the Indian counter attack will be very quick and fast yeah look , I want to see if they make any changes from the last two games.

Malaysia Games, where they were a little bit slow to come back with, I think Korea's counterattack, that's right, yeah, so let's see and and. Wait, Malaysia were actually having problems with Korea's counterattack, and to some extent with China, but they played much better against China, defended better, marked their men better, and actually led that game by 1. -0 before of allowing China to score, ending the game with a 3-1 victory, yes, well, Monica seems fine, she took a short break, she is off the field, I think the game continues with India in possession of the G of the ball score is 1 Z for India, overhead click, there was a 5m rule for the aerial ball, you need, you need to get into space.

I think the Malaysian girls know how fast the Indian players are, they have increased their speed. of his game he also tried his best to try to take on the Indian players and at this point, pry has created a foul, but it was well intercepted there by um Nikki in defense and we have Vanana running with the ball trying to search. an option, yes, I think you are right for today's Malaysian game. They seem to have more energy and yes, and more energy, hope

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y they can maintain it throughout the game. This would be good, yes, we have a beautiful day.

It's not hot here today, it's nice and cool. We had a little rain today and we hope the players can enjoy it. I can't say much about many of our friends who come from other parts of the world. world uh they seem to be sweltering in the heat, but um for the most part, most of the Asians here seem to be quite comfortable with the weather, it seems like Malaysia is in possession of the ball trying to force their way through, we have um noras. Linda, who is closed and then another noras Lin working again on the D of the Indian defense, getting a free kick for Malaysia.

Three balls, good work there by Malaysia captain Rohani, more pressure from uh suzan, short on goal, maybe, oh, unlucky. The Malaysians did a good job as the Malaysian captain tried to get the ball into zone D with a quick pass. In the end no one got close enough to take that short goal. The Indian team seems unprepared for this game, yes I think. They should hold the ball a little longer, you know, to get the momentum before they can do everything they can to attack. Yeah, and sometimes I think you know one of the ways we do it is we basically pass the ball to everyone.

Calm down, okay, like Grace has the ball right now for India, trying to work the ball into a very good kick, good work from the Malaysian forwards. Nikki wins the ball back for India and we have enough depth on the ball. now the ball is pushed towards the sideline by the Malaysian defense. Malaysia are moving very well today, that's right, I think they know that India is a difficult team to play against skilled, fast, very fast players and the Malaysians have to match that if they want to have any chance of getting into this game coming out of this game with a winning run in the left defense with the ball looking for one of their forwards making full use of the entire field passing the ball from the B line runs the ball for a free hit for India back to Grace rnie good work by Ronnie getting a free hit working towards the Malaysian d looks for a well saved reverse hit brought down by one of the Malaysian defenders amalina on the ball Malaysia looking for options amalina Qui moves to the right side Juliana looks for an option finds one with Linda trying to fight for the ball with India Pretty's Grace on the ball good pass to Ronnie rnie trying to work the ball good pass back to Pretty shot on goal oh it took too long to take that shot I think she was hanging her stick what do you think?

I think so uh and uh number four for Malaysia I think she hurried enough to put pressure on her so I didn't get a clean shot. I'm Amalina. Good ball down the middle, but I couldn't catch it at the other end. Catches India under pressure, Hanes chasing the ball, good work by the Indian number 17, Pika n j, sending the ball, yes, something quick. pass there by India nalum not being able to make a clean pass to his teammate Rani so that the ball goes off the side line oh he didn't hit his foot and now it's a free kick for Malaysia juliani on the ball looking for an option not to stop there by An aerial shot by Fatin Nalum closed very quickly by the forward ball from Malaysia to Malaysia.

Pilla does it well, takes a free kick for the good of the team. Vision for her good work there for um no Sharina oh, what an unfortunate tackle on Sharina amalina on the unfortunate ball. there so that uh noriza tries to catch it on her back and doesn't, the ball returns to India with Grace starting the ball on the left side of the field transferring it to the teammate, the teammate on the ball trying to find an option and we have reached the end of the first quarter of the game between India and Malaysia inia leads by one goal to zero uh first quarter very, very interesting and exciting, don't you think?

Nin, yeah, I thought Malaysia was playing better. than Malaysia, but than India, but, however, India had a chance to score one first, uhhuh, yeah, so I'm going for performance. I think I'll give Malaysia, yeah, a heads up for the Malaysian girls you know, who are trying their best. Let's stick with the very powerful Indian

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's national team, we have seen some very good stick work, some very good passing, in fact the Indian goal was a series of passes that were impressive and ultimately resulted in a goal that we got. a confirmation that uh Rani Punam for India's 15th player scored the first goal, she had a series of passes with uh Ronnie and uh bana and was finally rewarded with some goals.

The score is now 1n with India leading just after the first quarter. Should start the second in no time, hey, and right now we have a Vis offense right on the D, well eliminated by the Indian players and it was a good uh Deion by the goalkeeper, she was very alert and came. it comes out very quickly, that's right, it's quite difficult to beat a goalkeeper from the sideline from the sideline, yes, that's why you need someone to be behind to support, that's true, nalum with the ball, good hit, the ball goes up to the forward line, India in the offensive Rani Punam good work by her the ball goes free hit for India with Monica on the ball quick series of passes there Ry Puna on the ball well blocked there by the uh by the Malaysians amalina quick series of passes there Fatin tries through an option oh dangerous, good work there by malay girl amalina on the right looking for an option fall down the line well closed there by Grace before so we have amarina now trying to start the free hit, good attempt uh Quick deflection towards the Indian team's D, uh, but no one at the other end to receive the ball comes back to India.

We have Sunita with the ball looking for Monica. Mónica under pressure on the right flank. Free kick for India, if you notice Malaysia. team, they don't hit the ball directly to the D, they will hit someone outside the D and then use a deflection to the right to change the direction of the ball, which works for him, so all we need now is someone to finish a defense, I think they've realized that they can't send a ball straight to D because the Indian players would be, you know, yeah, B here, good effort by Nabha to try and get the ball through the uh. baseline from the right side um, but was unsuccessful and pushed the ball Grace Monica trying to look for it forward there too far for the navigator J to reach the ball returns to Malaysia I think for the Indian team today uh for the intensity I think that they went down a bit, yes, they probably did it on purpose, as you know, they will try to play well with the Malaysian players, so maybe and a good hit from a DPA that was well closed by the Malaysian goalkeeper Farah Yaya, good job from Malaysia, yes, maybe I was saying about their intensity, they will probably choose to up their game in the last quarter, like what China did well, may be a plan.

That could be the plan, yes, but it could also be a case of the Malaysians stepping up their game and making it harder for the Indian team to defeat them. They play very well in these first two quarters, for a moment I thought. It was the Dutch club, it's for the orange, yes, City is fine with the ball, I apologize, Raslin with the ball, well stopped there by Nini, quick cross towards D that was brought down by one of the, uh, I think it was Sunita. Pika does well to smother the ball and recover it for India Thea looks for an option and finds one in Monica the game continues no, it doesn't because the ball has already crossed the sideline the ball returns to Malaysia to control there by mistake, losing possession , that was a good vision from the right half, that's right, and Rani Punam, who tried to stop the ball, couldn't do it nor looked for options, beautiful head looking for naslin, falls for Malaysia's number 14 zafira. norain naslin good pass there to U City still India under pressure ah unfortunate for the Malaysian player who is still on the ground and it looks like Suzan did everything he could to get to the ball it was an excellent attack from the Malaysians probably the closest chance they have had so far in the game, don't you think?

Yes, I think it was a good move. In fact, I thought the malan was trying to look for the corners Q. Yeah, yeah, the way they push the ball is like. towards the uh, the Indians, uh, foot, yes, I think they fail, they fail, yes, and the Malan players, uh, also fail, however, I thought the Malay girl was uh, someone had attacked her, yes, It looks that way, Nikki, oh, I'm surprised that, uh, the Umir allows that to happen because he's close, yes, very close, becausewithin the five M's is that or you can move away from the oncoming defender. then ok, good work by the Indian players who carried the ball down the right flank of Malaysian half Rani Punam with a strong hit in the defense Monica was fighting for control the ball, but Suzan pushed her from behind and she lost possession. the ball and in this context because the foul took place inside the semicircle and the referee awarded a penalty corner to the Indian team and as we have seen so far in the competition, the Indians do not have a strong enough force.

Drag Flicker and they have been trying to hit the ball on or at least some of their set pieces that they are trying to look for uh A variation of the pass to another person to receive the hit on goal yeah uh so and and It's a disadvantage for the team player because it is very simple and easy to block the shot directly on goal, well worked by the Indian team R trying to sweep the ball from the near post, but unfortunately the ball did not go. in the close goal, save there for Malaysia, we have amarina on the ball now working the ball in a quick transfer to the left which was a very quick sweep, yes, first pass and it's a free hit for Malaysia, green cards come out and we have uh R. being temporarily sent off for that innings so she will be out for 2 minutes and India are left with 10 players, nida trying to look for options at some point, that kind of innings outside the 25 as they call it in the fall soccer professional, they do it on purpose so that they don't enter the 25 and become more dangerous for them, so I think she is satisfied to receive the cut because she did it on purpose newu with the ball C trying to get the ball with a quick free hit from uh India there is a call for a dangerous play well it seems to have cleared everyone so not sure about the new quick passes.

Again on India's part, I think today that is the key point for India, by playing 2 against one, creating the 2 against one, we caught the Malaysian off guard. Monica moment with a blow that went straight to the foot of a Malaysian player now the Indians are in the D unfortunate she couldn't reach the end vanana was trying her best to connect with the ball but she couldn't, it was a good cross from the right um from Monica yes it was uh I think it was blocked by one of the Malaysians the vision The view Monica closed by three Malaysian players job well done good to take F nalum nalum to vendena good skill of vendena closed by the Malaysian players good job well caught there for nurul but couldn't get the pass nalum navdeep working the ball towards the right side R trying to control the ball but without success r on the ball tries to seek support from rnie but uh it was a bad pass by R Giuliani with the ball for Malaysia on the left side of the field Giuliani looking for options amarina looking for options back to juliani Great composure on the part of the malays has Lisa on the ball has Lisa backhand shot and the malays are working on the D nurul on the ball good shot by nurul has a second shot no, he doesn't do it well Clos down there for Sunita India on the counter vanana couldn't control the ball well stopped there by the Malaysian goalkeeper very good work by Nurul uh in the end of Malaysia in the Indian D with the Reverse shot well saved by goalkeeper Rajani.

It was a good start from end to end, that's right. Sunita Thea, poor pass to um Grace, unfortunately for Thea Grace didn't read. that pass clearly enough City with the ball Jani tried to find amarina but it was a difficult ball to catch especially when under pressure yes there was a simple silly mistake because there is actually no pressure on his right R full control there by part of rder amarina with the ball, well, close there Amar R and we have reached half time of the game, well, we go to half time, uh with a score of 1 n uh in favor of India, a brilliant piece of uh series of passes between the Indian players resulting in Rani Punam's goal in tight spaces, a couple of three or four, maybe five passes, cutting through the Malaysian players one by one until they reached the D and we had Rani Punam in the end hitting the ball between the goalkeeper's feet away and uh giving India their first goal of the game your thoughts nin I think Malaysia has improved with each game maybe they have really calmed down uh sometimes uh off the field uh situation like maybe they are not, maybe used to the environment, they can help you, you know, don't help them settle.

I know the last few first days weren't really adequate with the food here at the hotel, uhhuh, yeah. Now I hear they are trying to get some local food. I see that maybe that's why they feel at home. You know they have the normal kind of food. There is only one aspect, but I'm just saying that they are there. playing well, they are settling in, it's good to see them and they need it because if India takes a step forward in the last two quarters, I think they will be in trouble, yes, and so far, if you can see, the game is pretty close.

Both teams had shots on goal, both teams had scoring opportunities, but at this point in the first half of the game we haven't seen any penalty corners from Malaysia and India have only had one so far. Yes, actually. When we have the Malaysian with this circular penetration, especially on the baseline, I thought they would have created the penalty corner instead of shooting the go. I think they have a better chance of scoring well with penalty corners because they have quite a few set pieces at some point in the game because the penalty corner is very important, it becomes a coach's tactic, as you know, when you take a shot, you don't Whatever you do, go, yeah, create a penalty corner, that's true.

It's true that they have to do it at some point. There's still another half left, hey, viewers, and maybe we'll see more scoring action from these two teams. Both teams played extremely well on this third day of the women's Asian Champions Trophy here at the S Kang Stadium in Singapore, okay, nin and I are going to take a short break and come back for the second half, comments, don't leave, talk , okay for spe, yes, okay, we have Korea once again on the defensive. the first attack from the D on the D for Korea and they just found the first goal of the game, as well as for the competition, the push and the second goal for Korea, a fantastic drag towards the top right of the goalkeeper, good work . corner here we go good trap oh well worked set piece there by the Koreans looks like number five P neon good control along the sideline Malaysia on the D and they get their first goal of the game first goal of the game for Malaysia there It's more like yeah, it looks like uh nor faiza number 20 for Malaysia when he was trying to shoot on goal quick push oh, the mistake on the short circuit goal and it's a well done second goal, good recovery from Malaysia on the first penalty corner of the game for them and shoot on goal and uh Cora scoring his fourth goal entering the three Koreans from Malaysia and it's a goal well executed by the 19 Koreans a series of quick passes, come on, well, spectators welcome back. uh we're in the, we've just started the second half, we're in the third quarter of the game right now and with India pandana's Thea on the ball right now, India is dressed in blue attacking from left to right on your screen against Malaysia and At this point, India are leading by one goal to nil with a brilliant series of passes resulting in Rani Punam, India's number 15, scoring the first goal of the game.

We have Grace on the handkerchief, the captain of the Indian team. You can see the Indians, pushed very high, don't you think? Do you think this change in strategy maybe because I think they didn't, they didn't step up the first two quarters? I think the pace they are playing now is better I think they are going to pressure the Malaysians into submission we have one or two penalty corners I think the Malaysians are really locked into their own D reverse shot on goal well saved by one of the Malaysia defenders Malaysia trying to get the ball out there was a foul there in uh faiza Malaysia trying to get organized once again it's Marina with the ball Hasa back to amarina juliani looking for a quick pass good pass for uh city city trying to find an option, finds one very close to Rani Punam, India's goalscorer.

I thought he took too long to decide who to pass to because the option was yes and as he got closer to the defender, I think. Space is limited and it's easier to defend like that and sometimes, in a situation like that, when you know you're going to be surrounded by opponents, when you hold the ball for too long, you realize you have more than one. option and then you can't decide which one to take exactly well defended there by Malaysia Hasa with the ball bad pass from Hasa looking for her number six Sharina is a little too far for her Nikki India handling the ball again Thea Grace quick pass through Monica Grace with the ball, no one is going for her and she has space in front to move the ball up, good save by vanana, good work by India's 15th scorer Rani Punam, she did well to get the free kick, teammate Ron returned another. series of reverse passes to goal well stopped by the Malaysian goalkeeper Farah good series of passes and a reverse shot by Ronnie closed by Farah by Farah the Malaysian goalkeeper nalum to Grace again the Malaysian sitting allowing Grace to advance difficult ball to stop there and um Ronnie uh failed to keep the ball in play good work from the Malaysians through the ball well done unfortunately for Malaysia's number four Nuru but in any case Malaysia still have possession.

City has the ball blocked by two Indian players. good work by nav J well intercepted by navjot Malaysia trying their best to get the ball to the Indian D unfortunately for Malaysia the ball hits the foot of the Malaysian number 20 nor the FAA the game continues with India in possession Grace looks for options and finds one in navjot back to Grace passing the ball through Giuliani and umire called for a stick check on Grace earning India a free hit. The Malaysians must be careful because the Indians are playing better now and not make too many plays. right forward Vandana the ball putting the ball in Malaysia's D finds r r is looking for n j and vanana but both are closed misses oh boy losing the ball at that point is uh dangerous India reverse hit a quick reverse hit there by Ronnie, but unfortunately It was a good effort, although on Ronnie's part it is difficult to try to lift the lever to take a hit or even a push when you are surrounded by three, four, maybe five Malaysians, there is not enough room to take a full hit . yes, in a technical sense, uh, that was a very high improvisation, right, yes, she improvised, uh, she had to do it, uh, they didn't have space, but she improvised the angle of the stick, that's the dangerous situation there for the number six from Malaysia, Sharina, it seems. as a card, I think the Malaysians are taking a little bit more risk by trying to dribble in India's half with four or five Indian defenders pressing them, that's right, and then we see another push on Vanana's back, the team.

Captain, we already have an Indian player off the field, as you can see on the back of the scene screen, and then we had Vanana who pushed Sharina from behind right on the ground, the referee only gave him a verbal warning to Venanana for that fault. a good turn on the left wing quick shot with a handkerchief, yes, good move and India have earned their second penalty corner of the game. The Malaysians are defending very well. I think they are intentionally sitting on their half allowing the Indians to enter. forward maybe maybe they're going to try to counterattack yeah but at some point when you sit back and defend you forget to run forward yeah you forget to run forward and you're in St that means they're gonna get the corner short they will try to get the short corner okay short corner well saved by Farah well smothered by the Malaysian defense still in possession the ball goes to Malaysia marina excellent job keeping the ball in possession and winning the free kick keeping the Indians at Bay once more naslin trying to look for a line of ball trying to look for Linda but unfortunately for her for Linda the ball was hit by an Indian player there is no raslin on the ball a sweep good sweep but unfortunately I don't think it's where she wanted the ball to go , but in the end and in any case the ball returned to India.

Nalum very quickly gave the pass to Grace. Back to Nalum. Back to Grace. Good job. Nalum and Grace. Good series of passes. working the ball towards the left side there and we have the DEA who is quite in front trying to look for an option it is closed by the Malaysian defense good work there by zafira zafira working looking for an option takes the The Indian players did a good pass and she got a free kick, oh, unfortunate for her, really unfortunate for Malaysia, it was a good pass from the striker and it created the space for the ball cart to come in, that's right, and I think City should have done it better. with that shot, even if she didn't score, a shot on goal would have been uh, it would have created another situation, yeah, she probably she had overshot the ball too much, yeah, she tried to adjust and couldn't make the right contact.

I think we're having some laps of concentrationon the part of the Indian team, the Malaysians are working very well trying to get the ball, but at the moment bandana nalum, good ball for Ronnie Rony working the ball trying to find uh navjot. but the ball is trapped under the foot of the Malaysian player hit free for India Ry looking for Grace Thea good dummy there from the teammate well closed there by amarina and Malaysia on the offensive Linda to naslin Linda trying to pass to the Indian players but she was dominated for the three Indians and the ball returns to India and we have Vandana, three Malaysian players in front of her, she is facing them with a well-done skill.

Giuliani closes it, we have Faiza approaching with the ball, a quick transfer to the left side of the field, good work by the Malaysians, it was actually a smart move by City, the captain allowed the Indian player to channel to the side and the last man, you know, stepped forward and took it to the side, so that's a good good technical move more in yellow defense on the ball Pila brought down there by nav ball for Malaysia Fatin Fila quick cross near Grace India The Indian player, who is trying to wait for his teammates to arrive, does well to retain the ball, but does not do it well enough to to pass the ball and the ball returns to Malaysia.

Noriza ran with the ball trying to take Mónica. good to put pressure on India, good pressure, good work there, quite looking for Punam Punam using a skill to beat F fiza vanana, good work from the Indian players, a little too far for Punam to catch up, but good effort from the Indians. Alright with this little IT situation in a small area R looking for rnie looking at the anger and says it's my ball good job by Fatin Thea Monica on the right fastball to Pretty and it's a penalty corner on a Pretty infraction I think there was an intentional stick check, yes it was a dumb move because you know he's still safe because the ball is still outside the circle, you don't have to stop it because you have your partner to cover you properly and he's earned it.

His third penalty corner of the game is unfortunate for Faila, who was responsible for the foul and we see the Indian players lining up the Malaysian defenders preparing for him to come out. the ball goes back inside and it is a penalty corner due to dangerous situation, the Malaysians are appealing for an infraction but after consulting her referee colleague she stood by her decision that it is a penalty corner. I think it was a correct decision because the one who deflected the ball Above was the Malaysian player, so I think the Singapore referee Li Min took a little while to blow the whistle because he wanted to avoid the dangerous hit, very good, penalty corner for India.

Po, stop there, Monica, can you still get something? from here and it's a fantastic goal and the malays are not happy they are appealing once again against that goal anger calls for a time out listening to amarina on why that goal shouldn't stand and i think the empire is choosing the other empire . communicating with the other anger to see if he saw anything and both referees are now going to confer before this goal is awarded to India, if it is India, they will lead by two goals to nil both referees, as you can see on the screen there , Toy Min. from Singapore and wagatsuma jonu from Japan arguing whether it should be a goal or not and Min stood firm in his decision that it is a goal the malays are still very unhappy the malays are still very unhappy amarina insists that she saw something that should have caused the goal will be withdrawn or the decision to award the goal will be withdrawn and Amarina, in her frustration, has been temporarily sent off by Singapore referee Toi Min for relegation.

This is a big blow for the Malaysian team because Amarina, who is the captain of the team. Malaysia is one of the main stalwarts of this Malaysia team and they have been playing extremely well during this competition, particularly in this particular game, leading their team despite the goal um uh one z uh that India was leading but Now we see that India is awarded the second goal controversial in the sense that the Malaysians don't agree that it should be a goal and there we have it. India's 17th DEA ​​player received the second goal. I'm not sure what the communication is between the two empires, but to me, if the Second Empire says I don't see, I might not give it the goal because it's not a safe goal, you know what I mean?

Unless that Empire says I saw it, you know, play the Indian. of the Indian players then I will give probably she had said that I saw it, you know, that's why she had given the goal, so if both empires say yes, I think the nation understands what she is thinking and going through for the captain, but I I think he should continue because if he is out he will not do the team any good, that is true, especially when many of the players in the Malaysia team, as we mentioned in one of our previous comments, the Malaysia team is in a transition.

Right now, they have veteran players, some veteran players who are still in the team and have been in the team for several years and recently they have included some younger players, in their late twenties 20 21. years old and players like Amarina are already coming into their own. 20s, late 20s and early 30s, so you can see there is a huge transition gap for the Malaysian team and coach Dharma has a big challenge on his hands to try to bring this team together in Jael . I think the time will come when older players like amarina will slowly find a way out of the team to allow younger Malaysian players to take over as the future Malaysia women's national team so the game can continue.

With the last quarter of the game between India and Malaysia, as you can see on your screen right now, India leads by two goals to zero, first goal very well worked by a series of passes between the Indian players that resulted in Rani Punam. Number 15 scored a field goal for India and then we had a penalty corner in the third quarter. Corner goal scored by Thea with which the Malaysians did not seem to agree and appealed for an infraction, but in the end the Singapore Empire. means totally stuck to a decision and kept the decision to concede the goal to India, which means they lead by two goals to nil at the moment Malaysia in the race with their number 12 trying to take on the well done Indian players there by uh the uh

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n uh defender naslin the ball switched to the right side for Punam Punam trying to wait for her teammates to get into position and good work from Rani and she tried to take on the Malaysian players but at the In the end they took the ball away from him. his NOA looks for a teammate city city trying to find options but then ends up passing the ball to India's Nikki Grace on the ball looking for a bandana option Quick pass to her left uh r on the ball I think technically this is the best time To the Indian team, put more players up front and more attacking play, try to get another goal because they have a two goal cushion and they have a player outside of Malaysia.

I think she's coming in now, but two goals. The cushion is good but maybe not now when the captain is already in, yes now the Malaysian team is back in full force. A good long shot from the Malaysia captain Marina trying to look for Hanis, but unfortunately Hanis was not quick. enough to reach that ball, can you see how important a role C plays for the Malaysian team in that pass? Quick counter attack by India Bandana sending the ball to D does well. Chokes Juliani with the ball trying to find a closed option by Ronnie right in the corner naslin reverse blow but only to be stopped by Monica sends it right through the DEA trying to get the ball into the D surrounded by three Malaysians finds r r takes the shot but Farah closes it but unfortunately I think the ball rolls under Fara's mascot and for me the Singapore referee awards another penalty corner to India.

Well, in a situation like that, it's very complicated. I can see that I am trying to appeal to the referee to look that the ball did not roll down. my pads and she was even demonstrating what position she was in to try to show the split position to the referee, but I thought she had a point there because the ball wasn't stationary, it was still moving, you know, trying to punt the ball and you can hear the applause from some of the Indian fans here at the Sang Stadium penalty corner for India, quick hit and the Malaysians are appealing that the ball was dangerous, as you can see um Hasa looking at the referee and pointing his thigh and said to say that the ball hit me on the thigh and that is dangerous.

I think at this point Malaysians need to keep their composure. They seem to lose a little. In the midst of all these decisions they don't agree with. Shot there by the Malaysians from the Indian penalty corner battery, but it was outside Target Malaysia coming out and we have Hanis on the ball trying to look for an option. Can they get a first corner? No, they can't and the ball leaves Hanes' foot, yeah, I think you're right, they should keep their composure and keep playing because they're playing really well and, the time is, they still have like 11 minutes left, yeah, where it's still long for

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You can score a goal in seconds from one end of the D to the other and as we have seen in a couple of attacks from the Malaysia side, they have been finding long balls in front of their SE from their half. from the field to their forwards, unfortunately nothing came of it, but you can see how fast the ball moves and how quickly a goal can be scored. I can see that the Malaysians are playing with a bit more aggression, probably driven by the referee's decisions at some point. it happens yeah it happens Punam on the ball trying to find support he gets it from uh navjot navjot back to Punam there you can see uh number 10 from Malaysia city shahida trying to show the referee that he was crazy yeah let's hope the Malaysians They'll keep their composure for the last 10 minutes or so and maybe they can pull a goal back and get back into this game.

Linda does well to have the ball and City on the ball right now, only to miss out on uh quite a bit. from India, the ball returns to Malaysia, on the right side of the field. Nora makes her way to the Malaysian semi-circle and the foul has been called against Malaysia once again and ACR of space for Pretty to advance, she has a good pass. There, he quite tried to find Narinda, but Narinda failed to connect. If he had done it, of course, it would have been the third goal for India, but at this moment, the ball returns to Malaysia's possession and we have Yaya, the goalkeeper, away. from Malaysia I think it was a lucky moment for Malaysia because it was a 3 on 2 situation uhhuh yeah and the Indian team didn't score.

I think it's very lucky that Malaysia still had the chance to go up and play like you just said, I think they should stay more composed and play the game like the last one, it was a great success, show the sign that you know frustration right, they need try to control that and achieve it. Malaysia, this Malaysia team looks like a different Malaysia team compared to the first match we saw when they played against Korea and lost 5-2. playing much better now and they are really doing everything they can to get back into this game. India, on the other hand, has approximately just under 9 minutes to hold on for this two-goal victory.

I apologize for these two goals. Advantage the ball goes to Malaysia well done Malaysia good defense there Nora Isa on the ball amarina looking for an option Fatin direct reverse hit to a striker got zafira there well read trying to control that ball a good cross hit to the right there from navjot for Malaysia's number 14, Zafira AIS, is one of the youngest players who is just debuting in this Malaysia team. She just joined the Malaysian team for a couple of months and let's see if, as she progresses in the competition, I think she'll start. to be a force that other teams will have to pay attention to in the future, meanwhile we have Giuliani on the ball looking for an option with Fatin back to Fatin, pressure, good pressure from the Pika double team.

Pika and vanana change from the right to the right side nor with the movement above the head dangerous situation there India on the offensive the ball goes down the side line for Malaysia quick free kick taken there by Malaysia C with the ball as you can see the malays are appealing trying to make all the decisions they can in their favor, that whole channel should have been blocked by the malays, the ball goes out and we have Narinda with the ball on the right side trying to look for an option and he finds it in Vandana's team. captain nalum lifting the ball Vandana amarina trying to maintain possession does well the ball comes out nalum palo amarina receives the pass oh unfortunate there, the bouncing ball was a little difficult for uh Nini to stop the ball returns to the Indian team r in the ball wanting to take the free pass from the wing quickly and does so R looking for options finds Nikki Nikki in the middle the whole Malaysia team is back nalum pretty good onegood handkerchief trying to go for a short corner doesn't do it hanis called out for a foul and we have Nalum with the ball at the moment working the ball close by jilani Nini Malaysia are doing well to get the ball out of their defense but I think the pressure from the Indian players is forcing them all to do everything. these uh not forced all these forced errors that make it difficult for them to control the ball, which youI think so, yeah, I think maybe at this point the Malaysian has lost some confidence, yeah, it seems like they're sitting back a little bit, yeah, look when they receive the ball at this level in this part of the field. the entire half of the field to move the ball forward and it is not easy to run the ball through the middle of the field and we have another Indian player sent off with a yellow card uh, pretty bad way for that top for that yellow foul oh, it's a a bad pass there intercepted by um Sunita Sunita with the ball trying to look for an option Well done by Malaysia amarina Under pressure suzan looking for an option find one, the right defense sometimes at this level if you are down and the decision doesn't It doesn't get in the way your way, it's difficult for the team to be very confident and play well, yeah, so they really need to calm down and forget about the previous incident, right, right and and.

I think what's important to keep in mind is that those players on the team who at that moment maybe aren't as enthusiastic should step up and tell the others to calm down and calm down because they're sane at that moment and and this It's the experience I mentioned before with the Malaysian team, they are a very young team so this is the difference between when you have senior players where they will play as if it is still z0 true. Giuliani looks for options and finds Fila shahida with a good ball towards the Indian D, but unfortunately for Hanes, neither Hanes nor nurul could get to that ball.

India, a good pi, there amarina does well to catch the ball cutting Punam Hasa n faiza working towards the D. Can she? get a shot no, she receives a free kick good job by ni faiza to try to force the foul and she does it and India in the vain offensive trying to find a way out can't find it Malaysia recovers the ball oh unfortunate Lisa you have rnie coming in with the ball, she finds her order, especially when it is in the last quarter, when you are tired. You should make it simple from the beginning and simple.

D Thea bandana and it's a free hit for Malaysia Amarina trying to get the ball out with a good pass. Good job, good game, so R. I think if Malaysia can get a run of goals, it will be good for the team, although I think so too. There are not two. 21 is better than two. We are in the last 15 seconds of the game. Malaysia. Time is running out, as you can see, the Indian players are already assured of another victory for this competition in India and Malia. It is the first match of the third day of the women's Asian Champions Trophy between India and Malaysia India, the winners China. win the game by two goals to nil the first goal scored by Rani Punam number 15 a series of passes between the Indian players that resulted in a very close counter goal and then we had that penalty corner in the third quarter of the game that was converted by Thea, India's number 17, the game ended in two 20-0 in favor of India, okay uh what do you think about the second half.

I think Malaysia has improved and they played well, I just think the Indian teams are more. sharper and more effective at the front, yes, while the Malay was the last part, the final decision or the final fin, yes, the final touch was not there, so I think that was what disappointed them and one thing that What I noticed was that the Malay recovered. especially the turnover is that the bet was better than the last two games yeah, I think, I think you're right, I think the Malaysians really came into this game saying, hey, we have to win this one, we want to win this game and They were doing everything they could to try to win it, they were playing, they were playing much better and in fact with each game they were getting better and better and I think the fact that they really wanted to come away with the victory is very, very obvious in the way that they They play today and the credit goes to the Malaysia U team for picking up the tempo and taking on the Indians the way they did and of course India.

We know they already did it. They have two wins and a draw so they should be pretty comfortable in this competition, if they continue this success they will likely be in the final rounds which will take place on Saturday, so in the meantime ladies and gentlemen sir. Nin and I will take a short break. We will return for the next game, which will be between Japan and China. Another very interesting game, as you know, China has a win to its name and for the Japanese, they tied with India. And I think they would like to come into this game with a win, so both teams want to chase that gold medal, which will take the gold medal match that takes place on Saturday and we'll see what happens in the next one. game between these two very, very disciplined teams, and I think we are in for a very interesting game, don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, it's at 8:00 p.m. a match between Korea and China stay with us in the meantime my name is gerat Dena um commentating from Singapore at the women's Asian Champions Trophy right here at sang stadium with my co-host Mr. nin Mana we will be back for the next match don no you will go thank you