SEOUL Reuter: Asian Games hosts South Korea gave traditional men’s hockey finalists India a shock on the opening day of the event by holding them to a 11 draw.
In sharp contrast defending champions Pakistan sounded a warning to their archrivals by slaughtering those 120 after leading 50 at halftime.
Malaysia who is likely to meet Pakistan in the semifinals beat Bangladesh 31 and Japan scored a runaway 100 victory over Thailand
The South Koreans who suffered a 60 defeat at the hands of India in the 1982 games in New Delhi trapped the ball well and mounted frequent attacks
Their strong tackling ruffled India and danger man Mohammad Shahid was never a threat.
India took the lead when Mohinder Pal converted a penalty corner in the 24th minute. South Korean inside forward Kim Man Hye weaved his way passed the Indian defence to score the equaliser in the 64th minute.
The Pakistanis looked as skillful as ever and showed Oman no mercy. Inside forward Farhat Khan scored four goals center forward Iftikar Ahmad three Ayaz Mahmood three including a penalty comer and Shahbaz Ahmad and Mobibur Rahman one each.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 26, 1986
