India vs South Korea, Asian Games Hockey Semifinal Highlights: IND beat KOR 5-3, through to gold medal match

India vs South Korea Live Score: No semifinal jitters this time. India have been largely clinical in this game against a tenacious Korean side. This certainly was their first real test in this tournament and they have finished it on top. A silver medal is assured now but surely, surely this team would be considering only gold as a mark of success. Apart from the glory of winning the tournament, there is automatic Olympic qualification to savour for the team that wins gold. India's opponent in the final will be decided in the next game between Japan and China which begins shortly. The final itself will be played on Friday. That's it from us here but you can still follow the rest of the action of the day from the Asian Games here. There is a lot of it, including a certain track and field athlete named Neeraj Chopra in the men's javelin final. You may have heard of him, the defending champion, the reigning Olympic and World champion and so on.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 54th min: Abhishek comes in and takes the loose ball, he moves into the D and smashes it past the goalkeeper with a reverse hit. That was some move from India. A lofted ball relieves the pressure for India. Mandeep chases after it, collects it and controls it brilliantly. However, thre is no one in the D and so his attempted square pass is intercepted. Abhishek comes storming in, takes the ball, enters D and unleashes a venemous hit. It looks like he caught Korea's Yang Jihun in the follow through and the latter is stretchered off.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Harmanpreet Singh tries to drive the ball from the right to left, it hits a Korean player on the hand and he goes off.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Korean entered the Indian D a couple of times from the right in the first minute. Pathak was in goal in the third quarter, Sreejesh to be there in the final. This is it.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Former captain Viren Rasquinha noting in the broadcast commentary that India seem to have stopped playing hockey in this quarter. Sreejesh had spoken about how important it is to ensure that the match situation doesn't change the way they play during the knockout matches. Well, India seem to have allowed the match to drift in this quarter and they are now in for a very uncomfortable last 15 mins of this match.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 42nd min: Poor defending from India agianst a South Korean penalty corner and Korea get one goal back once again. Jung Man-Jae scores a hat-trick. India took too long to arrange themselves to defend this PC, there was practically no first runner and Jung scores.

India vs South Korea Live Score: The Koreans had started on the front foot but seem to have lost steam. India pretty comfortable in position. This quarter in general has been extraordinarily quiet compared to what happened in the first two, which is something you would expect, of course.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 37 mins: Fantastic ball from Jarmanpreet to Gurjant in the circle. Gurjant turns around, takes the shot and the goalkeeper saves.

India vs South Korea Live Score: India 4-2 Korea. Lalit in a dangerous position in the Korean D as he gets the ball but the umpire calls foul before he can do anything.

India vs South Korea Live Score: The Koreans seem to have come out with the intent to attack with all they have.

India vs South Korea Live Score: And breath…

India vs South Korea Live Score: 27th minute: Varun seems to have twisted his ankle as Korea attacked the Indian circle. It looks like he will be gone for the few minutes left in this half. India 4-2 South Korea

India vs South Korea Live Score: 24th min: India 4-2 South Korea. A long ball into the Korean circle and it leads to Jarmanpreet winning a PC. Amit Rohidas this time with the drag flick and he nails, raps the board on the Korean keeper's left and India restore some daylight in the scoreline.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 20 mins: India 3-2 South Korea. Jung Man Jae has scored his second of the match and how Korea have turned this game around in just the second quarter! Pass from the left and Jung gets a fantastic deflection on it, no chance for Sreejesh. That is just how hockey works.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Abhishek has been handed a green card and South Korea are handed a penalty corner seconds later. But India have appealed that. Well that is interesting. The video umpire actually told the on-field umpire that there is no reason to change his decision. But the on-field umpire actually says that he feels only a free hit is needed considering what he saw on the giant screen. What a decision that is and credit to the on-field umpire there. A good referral from India as well. But they are a player down for 2 minutes.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 17th min: India 3-1 South Korea. The Koreans have converted their very first PC. They go for a variation and that catches out the Indian defence. They knew India will be focussing on the dangerous Jang Jong-Hyun and it is Jung Man-Jae who scored.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Matches between these two sides have been close a number of times in the recent past but so far, it has been anything but that. India have rarely not had the ball in this quarter and they have the scoreline to show for it.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 15th min: India 3-0 South Korea. Harmanpreet fires the ball at the Korean keeper's pads from the left, it falls to Sukhjeet who fails to control it. But that only leads to Lalit Upadhyay getting the ball nice and lose in front of an empty goal. He burries it.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 13 mins: ... and it is dragged high and wide and off target by Harmanpreet Singh. Korean possession has barely existed in this quarter.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 11 mins: India 2-0 South Korea. That move is as smooth as butter. India continue to dominate possession, find Gurjant in the box. The shot was on for him and he knew it, so did the Korean defence, and so instead of going for it, he passes it to Mandeeep who puts it in off a deflection. It has been one-way traffic thus far. 12th goal of the tournament for Mandeep.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 7 mins: Oh Mandeep Singh has skied a sitter! The ball is worked to him from the right baseline, he is almost in the centre of the circle, under no pressure right in front of goal and he drags it over. It remains India 1-0 South Korea.

India vs South Korea Live Score: 5 mins: India 1-0 South Korea. India kept possession throughout the first five minutes, work it wonderfully into the circle. The first shot is saved but it comes to Hardik on the rebound, his shot ricochets off the foot of a Korean defender and goes in. It means that if it wasn't a goal, it would have been a penalty stroke.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Right, here we go then. India are in sky blue and white, Korea all in red with a black and white strip accross their chests.

India vs South Korea Live Score: Krishan Bahadur Pathak (GK), Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (C), Sumit, Varun Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Abhishek, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh

Japan may be the defending champions but they had to play a virtual quarterfinal against eight-time champions Pakistan. They ended up winning that match 3-2 and that marked the first time that Pakistan did not make it past the group stage of an Asian Games. China, on the other hand, played a virtual quarterfinal themselves. That was a frankly bonkers match Malaysia that finished in a 4-4 draw and put them through.