GB U21 men reach Sultan of Jahor Cup Final

Great Britain U21 men beat India 2-1 to confirm their place in tomorrow’s Sultan of Johor Cup Final. Scotland’s Cameron Golden and Callum MacKenzie both played their part in the victory.

It was a cautious first quarter, as both sides eased their way into the game. India needed the win to progress to the final WHILE Geat Britain could take a draw or a win to see them through. A penalty corner and a well worked attack from India were the only real attacks in this quarter.

The second quarter was when both sides came to life and after applying pressure Great Britain took the lead, birthday boy Tom Sorbsy deflecting in Way’s penalty corner strike. Five minutes before half time and a reverse strike outside of the circle found Raushan Kumar lightly touch to ball to draw his side level.

Great Britain had won four out of four games so far and they weren’t going to settle for a draw as they came out hungry for a win. A dominant third quarter, with multiple penalty corners for GB but India worked hard to deny them any further.

Great Britain looked composed throughout the last quarter, building on attack after attack.

A brilliant display of team work from Scotland’s Cameron Golden and Callum Mackenzie saw them beat the Indian midfield but the final shot went just wide of goal.

India attempted the counter attack but Wyver came out strong to deflect the ball out of any danger. It was Captain Waller who sealed the win for Great Britain as he tapped the ball in near post after a scramble in front of the keeper.

Great Britain take on Australia tomorrow at 12.35pm GMT for the gold medal. Watch via youtube here..

 

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