What. A. Match! 🔥 The FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2025 Semi-Final between Pakistan 🇵🇰 and France 🇫🇷 turned out to be an absolute classic showdown in Kuala Lumpur!
💥 Both teams gave it their all with fierce determination, stunning goals, and drama till the very end! 🏑 Who moved one step closer to the FIH Pro League 2025–26? Relive every crucial moment now!
📍 Full highlights, key plays, and game-defining moments
00:00...are indeed underway. Four periods of 15 minutes and, if required a shootout, the musk is Amfa.
00:06Edge of the circle.
00:11Shaheed.
00:15This is Shaheed.
00:18Penalty corner.
00:2020-24.
00:24First battery, Sufjan.
00:30He's now for Ali back defending well.
00:33Corentin Selye, he's gone straight to the adamant.
00:38That's where they, in the second.
00:41They go to Sammartin.
00:44Oh, it's hit a post.
00:45Both the teams got some half chances in the first quarter, but the goalkeepers were there to fulfill their duty.
00:52And the break is on. Rana is there. What support has he got?
00:56Ahmed Nadim is trying to get there but Rana on his own!
00:59That's what Rana can do.
01:02Wonderful talent. Skips inside.
01:04At the end of first quarter, it was all even.
01:07Pakistan 0-0 France.
01:12Ben Grant's whistle gets us underway.
01:15For this again.
01:17Looks for the little angle which he found.
01:21Superbly.
01:21France continued to create chances.
01:48The defensive pack could not absorb the pressure exerted by French and so on back-to-back crickle entries.
01:54The France finally took the lead into the game.
01:57The score was now France 1-0 Pakistan.
02:00A dominant performance by the French in the first half, and the score at the end of second quarter was France 1-0 Pakistan.
02:22Pakistan going right to left.
02:27Looks for the give-and-go.
02:28Verrier into the circle.
02:29Pulls it back.
02:31Can't get the shot away at the moment but
02:34Verrier well.
02:36They only had three men in there.
02:38Could be used but Charlet for the most part.
02:42Victor Charlet.
02:42It is!
02:43And Victor Charlet.
02:44Third cart with the same approach, and got a penalty corner, the PC was struck just too good by Victor Charlet as France doubled their lead and were now leading by two goals to nil.
03:14And it is!
03:15One by France.
03:16One by France.
03:17One by France.
03:18One by France.
03:19One by France.
03:20Pakistan think.
03:21Juwan with the inject.
03:22Charlet, oh!
03:23Finds the corner.
03:24Awesome, thank you mate.
03:25Manant.
03:26Penalty corner.
03:27Juwan with the inject, Charle, oh, finds the corner.
03:35Awesome, thank you, man.
03:38Manant, penalty corner.
03:45It's 10 to go in this quarter, have a penalty corner, and Sufjan finds the top corner.
03:57Perfect, second chance, down to the baseline, Rana, to Shannon, and deflected home!
04:12Rana has got the touch for his fourth goal of the tournament!
04:18What a comeback!
04:21The comeback's to be remembered by the Green Shirts, as they scored three consecutive in phase of five to seven minutes,
04:29and so a dominant quarter for them as they lead three goals to two while moving into the fourth quarter.
04:33Why can they control their emotions? Hartlmeier into the circle. Hartlmeier!
04:39Oh, is this their night?
04:44Well, there's an accident.
04:45Hey, hey, hey!
04:47Hey, nice!
04:48You got him out!
04:50You got him out!
04:51Hey, you got him out!
04:55In as far as Montico.
04:59Two seconds remaining.
05:01Then Rana deflects home the third.
05:04Ben Grant gets us underway for the final 15 minutes.
05:08Shoot of the Raymond.
05:10Slaps it in!
05:11Rana at the far post.
05:15Grab an equaliser to take us to a shootout.
05:18It's fired in by Montico.
05:21Do you want to regret it?
05:25It has hit the defender's foot.
05:27Therefore, you can restart with a penalty corner, and they'll keep the reference.
05:31Charlet!
05:32Oh, yes, everything!
05:35France keep their composure and thus got a penalty corner with just three minutes left on the clock.
05:40Their main man Victor Charlet was there to deliver,
05:42and he pulls a wonderful to take the scoreline to three all.
05:48At full time, the score was Pakistan 3-3 France as we move into the shootouts.
