Indian girls at the Shanghai Under-18 Asia Cup lost their bronze medal match. Japan beat India comprehensively 3-1 to take bronze to home.

The lone Indian goal was scored by Jamila Bano

Indian girls showed admirable scoring skills in the pool, winning two matches and drawing one, but lost the Semifinals yesterdaly only to lose the bronze medal match today.

Indian coaches SS Chauhan and SS Gill might be a disappointed lot, but truly speaking it is difficult to gauge the rival’s strength at this level of tournaments, as teams meet in the tournaments as normally not much time and energies are spent on preparatory tours.

SEMIFINAL ROUND UP: India’s Under-18 girls have lost the semifinals badly to South Korea. The peninsular team defeated hitherto defeatless India 5-1, thereby relegating India to play for the bronze.

India will on Sunday engage another losing semifinalist Japan for bronze.