Pakistan vs China Highlights, Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Hosts China beat Pakistan in penalty shootout to reach final

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Pakistan who finished second will face hosts China in the semi-final 1 of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024. Pakistan’s only loss in the Pool stage of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024 came against defending champions and title favourites India, while China lost three times in five matches in the pool stage but rallied back in their last match to beat Japan 2-0 and enter the semis by virtue of a third-place finish.

While Pakistan and China clash in semi-final 1, India will meet South Korea in the other semi-final for a place in the title clash tomorrow.

Building hopes of an India-Pakistan finale, Pakistan Captain Ammad Butt emphasized his team will go all out against China. However, beating China who will have immense home crowd support will need a disciplined performance by Pakistan.

With as many as eight players in the Chinese National Team from Molidawa, the match promises to be house-full and exciting particularly with China riding on the confidence from a big win against Japan in their last round robin league encounter on Saturday.

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“We will go all out against China on Monday. We did well against them in the league stage and know their strengths and weakness. It also helps that we arrived for this tournament very early and played quite a few matches against China. We look forward to a good game and if we win, there is nothing better than an India-Pakistan final,” expressed Butt.

Inspired by their newly appointed Head Coach Tahir Zaman, Pakistan only got better with each match in the tournament. They began with back-to-back 2-2 draw against Malaysia and Korea. They managed 2-1 win against Japan, 5-1 win against China and lost 1-2 to India – making it their only loss in the tournament.

China, on the other hand, began with a 0-3 loss to India but had mixed results in their campaign with a 4-2 win against Malaysia, lost 2-3 to Korea, lost to Pakistan 1-5 but sneaked into the semis with 0-2 win against Japan.

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