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Indians aim to break duck
HIROSHIMA. Oct 14: India are hoping to end a 14-year drought when they take bn South Korea in the Asian Gaines men's hockey final here Saturday, reports AFP.
The Indians, once the .masters of the game, have not won a major international title since bagging the gold medal at the boycott-ridden Moscow Olympics in 1980.
It was India's only success on astro-turf, introduced in 1976. but the current team sies Saturday's final as a chance to make a new beginning.
The task is, however, not easy against the South Koreans, who upset favourites Pakistan in the semifinals with a penalty shoot-out.
The Koreans, the new regional superpowers in hockey, are hungry for revenge after the shock 1-3 defeat by the Indians in the preliminary league earlier this week.
India's tactical gamble to slow dowp the game against their speedy rivals paid off the. but the Koreans are unlikely to be fooled again*
"We know India’s game plan now." Korean manager Kim Sang-Ryul warned on the eve of the match. 'They played well to win the earlier game, but tomorrow is another day, another match."
Kim remains wary of the' Indians, who defeated South Korea tn the Asia Cup in New Delhi in 1991. and lost by a controversial penalty stroke in the final of the next edition here last year.
The Indians may not have
won much in recent years, but no team can underestimate them." Kim said. 'They do not give in without a fight.’
The Indians, who won the silver behind arch-rivals Pakistan in Beijing four years ago, went through the league phase without dropping a point. They beat hosts Japan by a solitary goal in the semifinals.
Th^ Indians must be delighted to see Pakistan out of the way. but coach Zafar Iqbal believes the task ahead is not any easier. •
"Any team that defeats Pakistan in not to be taken lightly." he said. "We will have to play even better to defeat the Koreans a second time."
Zafar, who was part of the winning team at Moscow, refused to divulge the strategy for ths Anal, but conceded that it would be a good idea to slow down the Koreans again.
They prefer to move the ball around like the Europeans, while our boys play possession hockey. There is nothing wrong with that. To prevent the rivals from getting the ball is what hockey is all about." he said.
Among the spectators at the final will be India's supercop K P S Gill, the man credited with bringing peace to the strife-torn state of Punjab.
Gill, who heads the Indian Hockey Federation, expects his team to win'India's fifth gold medal at the Games.
'There Is tremendous interest back home in how the hockey team fares.' Winning the gold here will be the icing on the cake." he said.
Two of .India's four gold medals sb far have come in tennis. The kabaddi team and shooting prodigy Jaspal Rana won the other two.