GBR V KOR ( 7th / 8th ) Hockey World League Final Rosario 2015

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5 - 1

KOR

Match Review GBR - KOR 5-1

Watch clips from the Great Britain - Korea game at…Posted December 12, 2015

The 7/8th place match between Great Britain and Korea was a case of cool finishing by the sixth ranked team as Nicola White scored twice and Ellie Watton, Hannah MacLeod and Helen Richardson-Walsh got a goal apiece to make sure they didn't finish bottom of the table.

The opening few minutes saw the teams getting to grips with each other's style of play and there was much possession play and passing around the back. The Korean attack was led by Cheon Eun Bi, who has put in some good performances at this Hockey World League Final, but she found herself well-marked by Laura Unsworth – a Great Britain player who has also enjoyed a good tournament.

The deadlock was broken by Nicola White (9'), whose run into the circle was unimpeded. Almost unable to believe her luck, the player smashed the ball deep into the far corner, past Korea 'keeper Jang Soo Ji. Great Britain had no time to rest on their laurels as the ever-dangerous Korea attack countered and Park MiHyun was left with only Kirsty Mackay in the Great Britain goal to beat. Mackay came out to reduce the angle and Park shot wide.

Great Britain scored a second when Ellie Watton made the most of space on the left-hand side of the circle. Her shot flew past Jang Soo Ji. The third Great Britain goal came after a period of intense pressure by the Great Britain team. Five penalty corners yielded no results, but Alex Danson was making a real nuisance of herself in the Korea circle and her shot was deflected into the goal by Hannah MacLeod.

The penalty corner count finally paid off when White was able to score after the ball was slipped to her at the far post. Great Britain nearly scored again seconds later as they won another corner and slipped to the other post. The deflection to Watton just went wide of Jang's post. The Korea 'keeper was called upon to perform heroics in the dying minutes of the game. Great Britain piled on the pressure, only to see Jang make save after save.

Great Britain's fifth and final goal was scored by Helen Richardson-Walsh. This was the midfielder's third goal of the competition. Korea came back almost immediately to score a consolation goal through a penalty corner. The final touch went to Han Hye Lyoung.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
GBR	9	28	WHITE Nicola	FG	1 - 0
GBR	29	21	WATTON Ellie	FG	2 - 0
GBR	33	6	MACLEOD Hannah	FG	3 - 0
GBR	48	28	WHITE Nicola	PC	4 - 0
GBR	58	8	RICHARDSON-WALSH Helen	PS	5 - 0
KOR	58	9	HAN Hye Lyoung	PC	5 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
KOR	5	8	AN Hyo Ju	G
KOR	23	9	HAN Hye Lyoung	G
GBR	26	3	MAGUIRE Emily	G
KOR	47	20	KIM Hyun Ji	Y

GBR

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	1	HINCH Maddie
X	2	MACKAY Kirsty
X	3	MAGUIRE Emily		1
X	4	UNSWORTH Laura
X	6	MACLEOD Hannah	1
X	7	TWIGG Georgie
5	8	RICHARDSON-WALSH Helen	1
X	9	TOWNSEND Susannah
X	11	RICHARDSON-WALSH Kate
6	13	QUEK Sam
8	14	LEIGH Joie
X	15	DANSON Alex
X	20	WEBB Hollie
6	21	WATTON Ellie	1
X	22	BALL Ashleigh
5	26	OWSLEY Lily
8	28	WHITE Nicola	2
X	32	CULLEN Crista

KOR

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	JANG Soo Ji
X	3	KIM Ji Eun
X	4	SEO Jung Eun
16	5	JANG Hee Sun
4	6	LEE Young Sil
4	7	PARK Seung A
X	8	AN Hyo Ju		1
X	9	HAN Hye Lyoung	1	1
X	10	PARK Mi Hyun
X	12	KIM Da Rae
4	13	CHEON Eun Bi
X	14	HONG Yoo Jin
X	18	KIM Bomi
X	19	OH Sun Soon
X	20	KIM Hyun Ji			1
5	21	KIM Ok Ju
34	22	JUNG Heabin
4	24	CHO Hye Jin

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	GIDDENS Maggie
Umpire 2	McCLEAN Ayanna
Reserve Umpire	MIAO Lin
Video Umpire	ROACH Lisa
Judge 1	PIGRETTI Laura
Judge 2	TAKEDA Alicia
Technical Officer	AKII-BUA Nataki