ESP V KOR ( 5th - 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015

ESP

2 - 2 (4-2)

KOR

Match Review ESP - KOR 2-2

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Quemada scores with a dragflickPosted June 13, 2015

Korea retake the lead through Lee NamyongPosted June 13, 2015

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Match 26: Spain v Korea 4-2 SO (2-2, 0-1)

Spain defeated Korea 4-2 in a shoot-out competition to secure their spot in Sunday’s fifth place play off at the Argentina Hockey World League in Buenos Aires. The winning goal was scored by Xavi Lleonart. The match was tied at 2-2 after regulation time.

Korea played defensively and waited for chances to attack on the counter. Despite having more ball possession Spain failed to create promising scoring opportunities in the first quarter.

The Koreans came close to scoring at the beginning of the second quarter when Jang Jonghyun’s dragflick was deflected off the goal line by the Spanish defence. Korea, the world’s number 8, eventually got on the scoreboard on 21 minutes when Oh Daekeun dived onto a pass from Cho Suk Hoon to deflect the ball into the goal.

The Red Sticks were the better side throughout the third quarter but were unable to beat the strong Korean goalie Kim Jaehyeon who saved three attempts in succession. The world’s number 11 kept on fighting in the last quarter and forced a penalty corner with 12 minutes remaining. Pau Quemada’s dragflick hit the back of the net to level the score to 1-1.

However, Korea bounced back quickly through Lee Namyong (51’) slotting home after a beautiful penalty corner variation. Spain tried everything to force the equalising goal in the remaining nine minutes and the effort paid off. Quemada (60’) fired home another penalty corner goal to secure a tied result after regulation time. This was Quemada’s sixth goal in Buenos Aires making him top scorer in this competition.

The shootout saw Spain converting all attempts to secure this important victory which keeps their Olympic hopes alive. Korea, however, are very likely to miss out on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Thoughts on the match

Xavi Lleonart (ESP)
“The Olympic dream is still alive. We knew that we had to win today. It was very difficult but we reached our goal, so we are very happy. But this was not our last game, so we need to win tomorrow again.”

Quico Cortes (ESP)
“Of course we have practiced the shootouts. We tried to press the Korean throughout the whole match to get our chances in the circle. When the match went into shootouts I was confident to do my job.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
KOR	21	5	OH Daekeun	FG	0 - 1
ESP	48	25	QUEMADA Pau	PC	1 - 1
KOR	51	6	LEE Namyong	PC	1 - 2
ESP	60	25	QUEMADA Pau	PC	2 - 2

Shootouts

Team	Attacker	Defender	Result	Score
ESP	PIERA Salvador	KIM Jaehyeon	X	1 - 0
KOR	YOU Hyosik	CORTES Quico	X	1 - 1
ESP	SALLES Marc	KIM Jaehyeon	X	2 - 1
KOR	LEE Namyong	CORTES Quico	X	2 - 2
ESP	PEREZ-PLA Bosco	KIM Jaehyeon	X	3 - 2
KOR	LEE Dae Yeol	CORTES Quico	O	3 - 2
ESP	LLEONART Xavi	KIM Jaehyeon	X	4 - 2
KOR	LEE Jung Jun	CORTES Quico	O	4 - 2

X Goal, O Saved, - Not Taken

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
ESP	36	17	LLEONART Xavi	G
ESP	59	3	ENRIQUE Sergi	G
KOR	60	21	LEE Seunghoon	Y

ESP

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	CORTES Quico
X	3	ENRIQUE Sergi		1
X	5	PEREZ-PLA Bosco
X	7	DELAS Miki
6	8	RUIZ Vincenc
8	9	SANTANA Ricardo
X	12	CARRERA Jordi
4	13	MIR Andres
X	14	DABANCH Gabriel
Bench	16	FERNANDEZ Mario
X	17	LLEONART Xavi		1
X	19	SALLES Marc
X	20	PIERA Salvador
4	21	CASASAYAS Alex
X	22	TERRAZA Manel
X	25	QUEMADA Pau	2
16	27	BELTRAN Albert
5	28	IGLESIAS Alvaro
		Team Manager	HERRERA Bernar
		Head Coach	SOYEZ Frederic
		Stand-In Manager	RODRIGUEZ Icenk
		Physiotherapist	BROS Arturo
		Assistant Coach	SALA Ramon
		Physiotherapist	MARCH Jaume

KOR

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Yellow
X	1	JANG Jonghyun
X	5	OH Daekeun	1
X	6	LEE Namyong	1
5	7	LEE Jung Jun
X	8	LEE Seungil
6	9	CHO Suk Hoon
X	10	YOU Hyosik
X	11	HYUN Hyesung
7	12	JUNG Manjae
5	13	KIM Juhun
44	15	KANG Moonkyu
X	19	KIM Youngjin
X	20	KIM Jaehyeon
X	21	LEE Seunghoon		1
X	22	KIM Seongkyu
6	23	LEE Dae Yeol
Bench	25	HONG Doo Pyo
X	32	NAM Hyunwoo
		Team Manager	YOO Moon Ki
		Head Coach	SHIN Seok Kyo
		Stand-In Manager	LISSEK Paul
		Physiotherapist	KIM Myung Kyum
		Video Technician	LEE Kyungseog

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	GRIME Murray
Umpire 2	SCALA Maximiliano
Reserve Umpire	LOPEZ RAMOS Daniel
Video Umpire	BALE Bruce
Judge 1	HAWKE Gavin
Judge 2	STEWART Tony
Technical Officer	ALEMAN Luis