On the seventh day of the first Sub Junior Boys Academy National Hockey Championship-2021 being played in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh State Hockey Academy entered the semi-finals by winning 2-1 in a thrilling match.
On the other hand, Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy, SGPC Hockey Academy and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Center also entered the semi-finals by winning their respective matches. Rest day has been kept in the championship on Monday. The semi-final matches will be played on Tuesday.
Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy defeated Olympian Vivek Singh Hockey Academy 2-1 in a thrilling quarterfinal match. It was the most exciting match in the championship. In the first quarter, both the teams started their attack.
However, the first success came to Jamir Mohammad of MP Hockey Academy.
Jamir made the opposition team under pressure by converting a penalty corner he got in the fourth minute. In the second quarter of the match, the players of Vivek Singh Hockey Academy attacked by adopting an aggressive strategy.
In the 16th minute of the match, Anand Kumar Yadav of Vivek Singh Hockey Academy scored a field goal and brought the team to 1-1 level. However, both the teams could not score in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, both the teams intensified their attacks to take a decisive lead. In the 50th minute of the match, Saddam Ahmed converted a penalty corner to give the team a 2-1 lead.
In the second match of the day, SGPC Hockey Academy beat Raja Karan Hockey Academy 4-3 in a penalty shootout. By the stipulated time both the teams were tied at 1-1. SGPC Academy scored 3 goals and Raja Karan Hockey Academy scored 2 goals in the penalty shootout.
