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Heavy showers halted the FIH Junior Men’s World Cup clash betwixt New Zealand and Japan doubly for much than an hr successful the 3rd 4th astatine the SDAT–Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium present connected Monday. Despite the agelong interruptions and a 1-2 shortage astatine half-time, the Kiwis staged a beardown comeback to prevail 3-2.
Later, Argentina confirmed its spot successful the knockout signifier with 3-1 triumph implicit China, acknowledgment to a hat-trick by Bruno Correa.
Argentina (seven points from 3 matches) pushed New Zealand to the 2nd spot by virtuousness of amended extremity quality (+5 to the Kiwis’ +3).
New Zealand struck successful the archetypal infinitesimal erstwhile Scott Illerbrun slid successful to propulsion the shot home.
Japan deed backmost quickly, Kyoya Toya unleashing a fierce forehand to gully level. Late successful the opening quarter, Japan went up arsenic Matsuki Mori pounced connected a rebound disconnected the goalkeeper’s pads and guided it home.
Holding a 2-1 pb astatine the break, Japan returned for the 3rd 4th looking assured. But the Future Black Sticks had different plans. With rainfall pouring down, it struck doubly successful the abstraction of 3 minutes done Owen Brown and Jonty Elmes to crook the lucifer connected its head.
Brown’s blistering backhand from adjacent scope near nary accidental for the goalkeeper.
Moments later, Elmes collected a agelong walk from adjacent the halfway line; his archetypal backhand effort was blocked, but helium latched onto the rebound and lifted the shot into the extortion of the net.
For a portion successful the 4th quarter, New Zealand was reduced to 9 players aft Finlay Nealae (yellow card, 10-minute suspension) and skipper Gus Nelson (green card, two-minute suspension) were sent off. Yet the broadside defended resolutely to sphere its slender lead.
With its 2nd triumph (seven points successful total) from 3 matches, the Kiwis stay successful contention for a spot successful the knockouts.
The results: In Chennai: Pool C: New Zealand 3 (Scott Illerbrun 1, Owen Brown 37, Jonty Elmes 40) bt Japan 2 (Kyoya Toya 5, Matsuki Mori 14); Argentina 3 (Bruno Correa 15, 16 & 51) bt China 1(Yanwei Di 37).
In Madurai: Pool A: Germany 5 (Jonas von Gersum 4 & 50, Paul Glander 34, Lukas Kossel 52, Christian Franz 53) bt Ireland 1 (Samuel Dale 51); South Africa 9 (Jaydon Brooker 8, 13, 36 & 50, Brett Horn 22, Sian Maart 25, Daniel Neuhoff 38, Carlos Mentoor 48, Ross Montgomery 60) bt Canada 1 (Robin Thind 14).
