Hockey World Cup 2023: Malaysia earn hard-fought 3-2 win over Chile to keep hopes alive
Hindustan TimesMalaysia managed to keep its hopes of further progress in the ongoing FIH Men's Hockey World Cup alive after a fighting 3-2 win over Chile in their Pool C match at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium at Rourkela on Monday. Malaysia managed to keep its hopes of further progress in the ongoing FIH Men's Hockey World Cup alive after a fighting 3-2 win over Chile With this win, Malaysia climbed to third in their pool and can advance further in the tournament if they do well in the cross-overs. Malaysia almost scored minutes later after the ball went breezed past goalkeeper Adrian Henriquez but Vicente Goni made a timely intervention to ward off the threat. Malaysia earned a penalty stroke in the 25th minute and Rahim Razie whizzed the ball past the keeper Adrian to restore parity to the scoreline.