India vs South Korea, Asian Champions Trophy semi-final highlights: IND beat KOR 4-1, through to 2nd final in a row

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: This is just the second time that India have reached a second consecutive Asian Champions Trophy. A reminder that India's current, consistent dominance in Asia is a fairly recent phenomenon. They will now face China in an attempt to win a second consecutive gold tomorrow at 3.30pm IST. Korea face Pakistan in the third place playoff at 1.30pm IST

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Korea won a PC in the 52nd minute but completely botched that up. Nothong given by India after that and they are through to a second consecutive Asian Champions Trophy final.

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Korea utterly unable to build anything meaningful now and India are passing the ball around each other serenely. In fact, the Indians are losing possession only when Korea manage to to take the ball after a circle entry.

2 mins left in the match, India 4-1 Korea

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Abhishek with the ball in the circle but there isn't too much support for him. So he goes for goal himself from a difficult angle and distance, hits the Korrean keeper's pads.

50 mins gone, India 4-1 Korea

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: That goal from India was the last act of the third quarter. Into the last 15 mins of the match then. A gigantic mountain for Korea to climb.

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India win a PC after the Korea goalkeeper handles the ball outside the circle. Quite a bizarre infraction this. The Korean keeper is replaced which means that the new man between the sticks has the unenviable task of defending a Harmanpreet drag flick as his first job in the match. Harmanpreet blazes an absolute rocket of a shot at the near post and India get their fourth.

India vs South Korea Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Yang Jihun with a tomahawk of a ball from the left hand side halfway line. Hyun Jigwang is in the circle, he gets a stick to it but the ball goes across the face of goal and out of play. That came out of nowhere for Korea.

44 mins gone, India 3-1 Korea

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India have responded by giving the Korean all kinds of grief. They are completely hogging the ball and there was in fact a chance inside the Korean circle which the Indians should have converted.

40 mins gone, India 3-1 Korea

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: That is some penalty corner and Korea finally get Yang Jihun on the drag flick instead of trying the variations that haven't worked today at all.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: He doesn't often score but when he does they are bangers! Brilliant cross-fielder from Sumit, Jarmanpreet brings it down and then smashes the ball into smithereens. It would've been hard for the goalkeeper to see the ball go past him, let alone stop it.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Korea get the second half underway amid some relentles pressing from India. They lose the ball within the first five seconds of the third quarter.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Oh Suraj Karkera had to make a huge save with about 3 seconds to go in the half. He closes his feet in time to save the shot and then gives his defenders an earful as they were totally caught out.

Korea have had more possession in this quarter but that goal would've still felt like it came against the run of play as the Indians were looking as solid as ever in defence.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Defend to win is Fulton's mantra and we are seeing that quite clearly here. India choosing to keep their pressing down to a minimum and hit hard on the counter. They haven't been able to the latter too well though, with the final product in the Korean circle often undoing their counters.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India are pushing for more now. Harmanpreet with an incredible cross-field ball to Uttam. Korea completely caught out but Uttam is unable to control the ball, it goes out of play.

24 mins gone, India 2-0 Korea

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: And this time he scores! Didn't make the cleanest contact, did the Indian captain, it hit the foot of the first runner and that is what seems to have caught out the Korean goalkeeper, who reacted for a shot that was to arrive far earlier than that. The ball almost trickles in.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Some deft work at the edge of the circle from Manpreet gives India a PC. Korea refer that though and the television umpire takes his time before upholding the decision. Jugraj and Harmanpreet standing in the ready. It was Harmanpreet who takes the flick but Korea shuts it down well. Another PC for India.

India 1-0 Korea after 18 mins

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: As has been the case throughout this tournament, Krishan Bahadur Pathak has been replaced by Suraj Karkera in goal.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Korea had their moments but all too brief. India have been the better side by a huge margin, even though they haven't exactly been allowed to run riot in the circle.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: The Koreans try a variation after they win a PC with about 2 mins left in the first quarter. The umpire had initially awarded another PC but Harmanpreet refers it. The ball hadn't touched any part of Sumit's body and so that PC is revoked.

India 1-0 Korea with 1 min 30 secs left in Q1

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Uttam gets a stick at the end of a blast in from the right baseline by Hundal and that gives the defending champions the lead.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Jugraj with quite a pass from the halfway line into the circle but Sukhjeet can't quite control it. The chances goes abegging.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Uttam brilliantly glides to the baseline on the right and cuts it back towards Raheel. He can't get his shot sorted though. That was quite a run from Uttam.

3 mins gone, India 0-0 China

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: All right here we go then, India in their traditional blue, Korea in red. India get it all started.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Min Taeseok makes it pretty clear that Korea's first priority would be to defend. "This game will be like the spear against the shield. When we have our chances, we need to score," he says through his translator.

Craig Fulton says its these knockout matches that you play for. "I think this is exactly what you play for. It's about lesson learnt in the pool phase. It's about continuing to do what we're doing well. We've played Korea before and are looking to implement the learnings. Good game, good side, we're just trying to execute our game plan," he says.

India vs South Korea Live Hockey Score, Asian Champions Trophy 2024: So that is that in the first semi-final. Pakistan have lost 2-0 in the shootout to China after the match itself ended 1-1.