Islamabad, Sep 11: Pakistan beat Japan 2-1 to secure their first win at the Asian Champions Trophy 2024.
Following the victory, Pakistan moved to the second position at the points table.
Pakistan started their third match aggressively in contrast to their first two games where they started very defensively.
Ahmad Nadeem opened the scoring for Pakistan in the ninth minute after finding Shahid Hannan and sending the ball to the back of the net.
Pakistan with the help of Ahmed Nadeem secured first goal in the 9th minute of first quarter.
Pakistan dominated the game as they struck one more goal in the second quarter to go two up over Japan.
Japan scored their first goal when they scored from the third penalty corner.
Before this match, Pakistan’s second match in the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy against South Korea ended in a 2-2 tie after they were unable to hold onto a slim one-goal advantage in the last quarter.
Hyun Jigwang gave South Korea the lead in the last seconds of the second quarter. Up until the third quarter, they were still ahead, and Pakistan seemed to be getting closer to suffering their first loss of the current competition.
