Heartbreak for India, draw 4-4 with South Korea to go out of Asia Cup title race
Asia Cup title race, here on Tuesday. Malaysia's 5-0 win over Japan early in the day meant that an outright win became a prerequisite for India to qualify for the summit clash. As it happened: India vs KoreaIndia, Malaysia and Korea finished on five points each in the Super 4 stage but the Birendra Lakra-side fell behind on goal difference. Nilam Sanjeep Xess (9th minute), Dipsan Tirkey (21st), Mahesh Sheshe Gowda (22nd) and Sakthivel Mareeswaran (37th) scored for India, while Korea scored through Jang Jonghyun (13th), Ji Woo Cheon (18th), Kim JungHoo (28th) and Jung Manjae (44th). Korea will now take on Malaysia in the final on Wednesday, while India will play Japan in the third-fourth place classification match.