Some of the hopes raised by England’s clash against India yesterday were dashed this afternoon by a scrappy game with a scrappy goal. Korea, who two days ago had humbled the mighty Dutch, were England’s opponents in this their second match of the tournament. Although the two teams were seemingly well matched, the Koreans seemed to have most of the possession. English hopes were raised early in the game when an Alexander pass was picked up by Wilson, but his shot at goal was saved by the ‘keeper. The game was an hour old before the deadlock was broken. A free hit to the Koreans was picked up by Sung Hoon Yong, who deflected the ball into the back of England’s net. England’s hopes were raised briefly in the last seconds of the match, when repeated breaking from a penalty corner resulted in Jong Bok Cha being sin-binned, but Richard Mantell’s final shot went just wide of the right post. Final score 1-0. Both the other matches today ended in draws. Surprise package of the tournament so far, New Zealand, were engaged in a ding-dong battle against Pakistan which ended four apiece. Spain held Argentina to a 1-1 draw.
The official FIH site is showing Group B tables which are different to our own. We have checked our figures and would maintain that ours are correct
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