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Germany thrash Canada at hockey World Cup

(AFP) – 10 hours ago

NEW DELHI — Defending champions Germany toyed with lowly Canada 6-0 on Wednesday to record their first win in the men's field hockey World Cup.

Asia's number one South Korea also earned their maiden victory, a 2-1 verdict against Argentina with Nam Hyun-Woo scoring the winning penalty corner in the last minute.

The Germans, looking to become the first team to win a hat-trick of World Cup titles, came back strongly after being held to an embarrassing 2-2 draw by the Koreans in their first group A match.

The reigning Olympic champions pumped in four goals in the first half, three of them with penalty corners after Benjamin Wess had put them ahead in the 3rd minute with a field goal.

Jan-Marco Montag, Max Muller and Martin Haner fired in set-piece goals, before man-of-the-match Florian Fuchs sealed the emphatic win by striking twice in the second session.

Germany, who won the last two World Cups in 2002 and 2006 before underlining their supremacy with a gold at the Beijing Olympics two years ago, now have four points from two matches.

The 11th-ranked Canada, who lost to New Zealand in their first match, remain without a point.

"We analysed our first game to draw up a things-to-do list," said German coach Markus Weise. "I am glad some of those negatives have been ticked off.

"We you are not playing a top side, you look to score five to six goals, and we were able to achieve that today."

South Korea and Argentina produced a barren first half as both sides wasted scoring opportunities, including two penalty corners by the Asian team.

Argentina took the lead in the 53rd minute through Facundo Callioni after the Koreans were reduced to 10 men following a green card to Kyung Min-Jun.

Lee Nam Yong drew level eight minutes later and Nam Hyun-Woo slammed the last-minute winner when South Korea were awarded a penalty corner by the video umpire.

The Asian champions have four points, while Argentina have lost both matches so far.

The Netherlands and New Zealand are the two other teams in group A, which sends two teams into the semi-finals.
 

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Korea surprised us with two early strikes: Germany captain
PTI, Mar 1, 2010, 10.26pm IST

NEW DELHI: Germany captain Maximillian Muller on Monday said Korea surprised them with two early strikes but expressed happiness at the comeback in the second half of their hockey World Cup Pool A match.

Defending champions Germans had to toil hard to snatch the draw from the clutches of defeat after world ranked fifth Korea went 2-0 up in the first half at the floodlit Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

"They (Korea) surprised us with the two goals in the first half but there was no change in their style of play," Muller said.

"But I am quite happy with our comeback. At the end we had lot of chances to score but we failed. We are looking forward to get better step by step," he said.

The Germans earned as many as five penalty corners in the first half but failed to covert a single one and Muller blamed it on the deep nature of the turf.

"I am not that happy with our penalty corner conversion. We got five penalty corners in the first half but did not score a single goal.

"The pitch has something do with it. The pitch is quite deep. When you go for drag-flicks the stick gets stuck a little bit on the pitch. The pitch is also little bit bouncy, but it will get better and better with every passing day," Muller said.

Germany coach Markus Weise, however, said he was not very happy with the result but praised his boys for the comeback.

"I am little bit unhappy with the start to the tournament but the boys invested a lot of hard work to comeback into the match and this is the positive thing that came out of this match," he said.

"It is very difficult to score against Korea. They are very good in counter attacks. But this inexperienced side didn't panic after they were 0-2 down," Weise added.

Korea captain Ho Jong Seo and coach Kyo Seok Shin said his team lacked the sting in the second half of the match.

"We gave our all in the first half and so we were powerless in the second half," Seo said.

"We played well in the first half but we played well only in patches in the second half. I am not very satisfied with the result, we can do better than this.

"We will take one match at a time and try to give our best in the next match. We are taking this tournament as a preparatory event ahead of the Asian Games," he added.
 

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Gritty Korea stay on course
- The Netherlands remain on top in Pool A with 3-1 win over NZ

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


Action during the Germany vs
Canada match in New Delhi, on
Wednesday. Germany won 6-0.
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New Delhi: In its two previous editions, South Korea have been the only Asian team to make the World Cup semi-finals, finishing fourth on both occasions.

On Wednesday, the gritty Koreans once again ensured they stayed in contention for a last-four berth with a fighting 2-1 over Argentina in a well contested Pool A encounter at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium.

The Koreans, who held defending champions Germany to a 2-2 draw in their first match, now have four points from two matches. Argentina have lost both their matches. Germany, who drubbed a hapless Canada 6-0 in the day’s first match, too, have four points.

It was the orange shirts of the Netherlands that remained pool leaders with six points from two matches after a convincing 3-1 victory over 1976 Olympic champions New Zealand in the day’s last clash. It was the New Zealanders who took the lead through Phillip Burrows in the opening minute but the Dutch retaliated with three goals in the next 27 minutes.

While Ronald Brouwer equalised a minute after New Zealand had opened the scoring, penalty corner specialist Taeke Taekema and Jeroen Hertzberger were the other marksmen for the Dutch. It was the 200th international goal for Taekema who was the highest scorer in the last edition in Germany.

But ask the penalty corner specialist if he wanted to end up as the all-time highest goalscorer in the World Cup and Taekema’s reply underlines his commitment to the team.

“I’d much prefer to finish on top in this World Cup than be the topscorer,” Taekema said. “I want to be a world champion and I’ll celebrate once we win here.”

All the excitement in the Korea-Argentina match was reserved for the last minute when the Asian side clinched the match-winner in dramatic fashion.

With the match locked 1-1, the Koreans pressed hard and asked the umpire for a “referral” when the ball hit the leg of an Argentine defender inside the area a few seconds from the hooter. Granted a penalty corner by the video replay, Hyun Woo Nam blasted the ball into the goal with a clean and energetic hit.

No wonder Nam was ecstatic after scoring the winner, his second goal of the match. As he broke into celebrations by throwing his stick on the pitch, the umpire rushed to ask him to join his teammates so that the match could be restarted.

“It was a difficult match… we are happy to have clinched three points,” said South Korean captain Jong Bok Cha. “After today’s win we can start dreaming about reaching the semis.”

In the end, the Argentines must have felt frustrated as it was them that had taken the lead through Facundo Callioni in the 53rd minute. But Nam had equalised with a brilliant reverse flick nine minutes later.

In the day’s first match, Germany toyed with Canada before subjecting them to a 6-0 thrashing after leading 4-0 at the breather.

For Germany, 18-year-old Florian Fuchs scored twice, in the 58th and 64th minutes, while Benjamin Wess (3rd minute), Jan-Marco Motag (21st), captain Maximillian Muller (23rd) and Martin Haner (28th) found the target once each.

Gunning for a hattrick of World Cup titles following triumphs in 2002 and 2006, Germany forced as many as seven penalty-corners — from which they scored thrice — while Canada got just one in the entire match.
 

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India must pass Spanish test
Alok Sinha, TNN, Mar 4, 2010, 12.57am IST

NEW DELHI: Halfway through the group stages of the tournament, India have walked into a ‘must-win' match. But that's what a World Cup is all about. There are no easy pickings here, no time to catch your breath. It's at your throat all the time, gnawing at you, choking you. The Indians know this well, but given their new-found confidence, they are not losing much sleep over it.

After relishing the mix of the Asian and European hockey - which Pakistan now play - and then learning a lesson in the unique Australian style of robust, ruthless and yet beautiful hockey, India have now run into their first European rival - Spain. They have always struggled against top European teams, so what's in store on Thursday?

It promises to be a tactical battle in the midfield where one shouldn't expect the teams to be too different from each other as the hosts are coached by a Spaniard, Jose Brasa. Is it an easier game for Brasa then? "No match is easy and Spain are a very strong side. But yes, most of these boys in the Spanish team have been trained by me," Brasa said. Beyond the comfort of knowing the strengths of the Spaniards, Brasa would also be relieved by the fact that Spain are playing without two key strikers - Santi Freixa and Eduard Tubau who are injured.

Their absence has surely hurt Spain. They have looked sedate, even subdued here, not the dominating force one saw at the Beijing Olympics where they made the final. But two years is a long time in modern hockey. They have managed to score only five goals in two matches in a group which has opened up several possibilities. And that should give India reasons to hope and plot. "They don't play at the same pace as the Aussies so that's certainly a relief. Then, I'm looking at another positive - India beat Pakistan who beat Spain. So, India will beat Spain," Brasa laughed.

On a more serious note, India have a lot of fine-tuning to do. Their defence was suspect against the marauding Australians. There were trapping errors, mispassing and at times they left huge gaps in their half, which the Aussies exploited. Beyond that, the Indian forwards who have otherwise been impressive, need to look for more field goals than hunt for penalty corners for Sandeep Singh to convert. "This is the individual's choice. The player has to decide in a split second whether he wants to shoot or pass after entering the circle. At times it works, at times it doesn't," explained Harendra Singh, India's second coach.

India's midfielders have looked composed, except for some moments in that maddeningly fast match against the Aussies. As for the main goal-getter Sandeep, he had an off-day against Australia. He is a better defender than what we saw on Tuesday and can be devastating with his drag flicks. Ask Pakistan.

The Indians have recovered from the loss of suspended forward Shivendra Singh and are looking ahead. "It'as a new game. We are ready," said Harendra.
 

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Q- Why did Canada lose ?
A- Because they couldn't find any ice on the pitch. :D
 

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NEW DELHI: Title favourites Australia registered the biggest win in the history of hockey World Cup by inflicting a humiliating 12-0 defeat on South Africa in a Pool B match on Thursday.

The overwhelming win is the biggest in terms of goals in a World Cup match.

The earlier record was in the name of Pakistan, who had mauled New Zealand 12-3 in the 1982 edition of the event.

Luke Doerner converted four penalty corners while veteran Jamie Dwyer and Glenn Turner scored two field goals each as world number two Australia toyed with South Africa and made the Proteas look like a club side.

After some early jitters Australia took control over the match with speedy forays and brisk counter attacks and scored goals at will - five in the first half and seven after the change of ends -- to sound a warning bell for other teams.

Apart from Doerner (16th minutes, 34th, 49th, 66th 68th), Dwyer (52nd, 54th) and Turner (20th, 62nd), Desmond Abbott (26th), Fergus Kavanagh (35th) and Matthew Betturini (44th) were the other goals scorers for Australia.

Australia went ahead through Doerner, who converted their second penalty corner in the 16th minute, and four minutes later Turner made it 2-0 for the Olympic silver medallists with a nice field goal.

Turner scored his third goal in the tournament after Dwyer set it up for him from a fast paced counter attack.

The Aussies pumped in another in the 26th minute through Desmond Abbott whose reverse stick shot beat the South African goalkeeper Brendon Bodes all ends up.

As if that was not enough, Ric Charlesworth's boys scored two more in the last two minutes of the first half through short corners.

Doerner found the net again with an immaculate dragflick in the 34th minute and then Fergus Kavanagh scored from a rebound after the set piece was saved by custodian Botes.

The second period was no different as Australia pumped in seven more goals. Betturini extended the lead in the 44th minute and five minutes later Doerner scored his third goal of the game, making full use of their fifth short corner.

With his team ruling the roost, veteran Dwyer joined the party, scoring two field goals in the 52nd and 54th minute.

Turner scored his second when he deflected home a Mark Knowles cross from the left flank.

Doerner was unstoppable as he added two more to his tally in the last four minutes of the match, first a field goal and then from a set piece to pile on South Africa's agony.

With this win, Australia now have six points from three matches and will take on Spain in their next Pool B match on Saturday.

South Africa, on the other hand, are out of the semifinal race, having lost all three matches they have played and are languishing at the bottom of the points table.

The Proteas will face Pakistan in their next match on Saturday.
 

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England beat Pakistan 5-2!

I must say I was not expecting this result. I think Pakistan is almost out of reckoning now for the semis.
 
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Spain leading 1-0 after 15 minutes!
 

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Spain leading 4-2. We need a miracle!
 

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India lost 5-2. Spain controlled the game all the way.
 

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Damn man. Dhyan Chand must be turning in his leave seeing the state of indian hockey. When was the last time we beat a major hockey nation like germany or australia and the likes?
 

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We are out of the semi-final race, says Brasa

Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, March 05, 2010

First Published: 01:48 IST(5/3/2010)
Last Updated: 01:49 IST(5/3/2010)

India coach Jose Brasa said his boys made some childish mistakes that saw the hosts go down 2-5 to Spain on Thursday and jeopardised their Hockey World Cup hopes.

Brasa said with the loss against Spain, the team's semi-final chances are all but over.

"We made some childish mistakes. It is disappointing that we are out of the semi-final race. Only a miracle can help us to qualify. But to be frank, we created numerous opportunities and were at par with the Spanish team in terms of performance. It was experience that made the real difference," said the Spaniard.

"For half the boys in this Indian team, this is the first major tournament. And that was visible in the match. The best example was the second goal that we conceded. Spanish captain Pol Amat was left completely unmarked. If we had experienced players, I think such mistakes would not have been committed."

Brasa said the team's target is now to finish fifth and qualify for the Champions Trophy.

Brasa admitted the defence line was not up to the mark and India need to play more international matches to be at par with the top teams of the world.

"We need to play more international matches. We can't expect miracles in six months. But I must say we have improved a lot. The number of chances we created today is an indication about the fact that we are improving. However, we still have a long way to go," he said.

On India's penalty corner conversions (one out of six), Brasa said: "The plan was to get as many short corners and give Sandeep Singh a chance to score. During our European tour, Sandeep had an upper hand against Spanish goalkeeper Francisco Cortes. But it seems this time Cortes was well prepared against Sandeep."

Asked why Diwakar Ram was not used in place of Sandeep for the short corner, Brasa added: "Diwakar was not performing as well as Sandeep."
 

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English blow to Pakistan
- Aussies set Cup record with 12-0 thrashing of South Africa

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


Australia's Luke Doerner celebrates
a goal against South Africa on
Thursday. (AP)


New Delhi: Pakistan’s campaign in the World Cup Thursday suffered a major setback when they went down 2-5 to England in an ill-tempered clash at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium.

Pakistan now have a mountain to climb if they are to make the semi-finals from Pool A. At the end of Round III, European champions England are firmly atop with nine points while Pakistan have only three points to show from their lone victory over Spain.

Earlier in the day, title favourites Australia strengthened their claim for the second semi-final spot from the group with a 12-0 whitewash of a hapless South Africa.

It is the biggest victory margin since the inception of the World Cup in 1971. Australia have six points and, also a goal difference that no other team in the group can match.

“We are now left with only a 10 per cent chance of entering the semis,” admitted Pakistan striker Rehan Butt. “We had a chance to get three points but conceded a couple of soft goals in the second half. That was the cause of our downfall.”

The result would have caused dismay to the huge crowd backing Pakistan. Down by two goals at the breather, the four-time champions made a strong comeback to draw level within 12 minutes of the second session through Shakeel Abbasi and Butt only to give away three more goals when England looked vulnerable for the first time in the tournament.

Thus, in the end, it was an anti-climax of sorts for the Pakistan fans who never expected their team to succumb so easily after such a good showing early in the second half. England, who scored through Jonty Clarke and Ashley Jackson in the first half, had even looked panicky for a while after the change of ends.

Once Pakistan pulled one back in the 44th minute the England players turned physical. So much so that when midfielder Iain Macky hit Mohammed Irfan on the nose, the altercation that followed threatened to turn into a free for all.

The situation was brought under control by the umpires with Macky being shown a yellow card.

England, however, were quick to regroup and launched some vicious attacks over the next few minute. They totally tore open the Pakistan defence and struck thrice more through skipper Barry Middleton, who scored two of those, and Clarke.

The Australians, who led 5-0 at the half time, scored through penalty corner specialist Luke Doerner (4) Jamie Dwyer (3), Glen Turner (2), Desmond Abbott, Fergus Kavanagh and Matthew Butturini.

Friday’s matches

Pool A: South Korea vs New Zealand (4.35pm); The Netherlands vs Canada (6.35pm); Germany vs Argentina (8.35pm).
 

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Pakistan demand action against England's foul play in hockey World Cup
PTI, Mar 4, 2010, 11.01pm IST

NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Zeeshan Ashraf demanded action against some English players who, he alleged, resorted to intentional foul play in the Pool B match of the hockey World Cup on Thursday.

Zeeshan said one England player intentionally fouled Irfan Muhammad in the second half but he went scot-free.

"Irfan was hit by an England player and it was intentional. Just like Shivendra Singh was banned, the tournament director should see the match video footage and he (the English player) should be suspended," said Zeeshan after his side lost 2-5 in their third Pool B match.

Zeeshan, however, did not say that Pakistan would lodge a complaint to the tournament director.

Striker Rehan Butt also said that the England players committed some intentional fouls and the tournament directors should take note of that.

"The tournament director should take action as there was intentional fouls (by England players) after seeing the video footage just like had been done in case of Shivendra," the star striker said.

Zeeshan conceded that some individual mistakes also cost the team dear besides the two yellow cards they got in the second session after they restored parity from 0-2 down at the breather.

"England played well in the first half. We came back strongly in the second half by scoring two goals but the two yellow cards slowed down the tempo of our comeback

"Moreover we made mistakes in the second session. Though it will be difficult to make it to the semifinals but it is not over for us. We would look to win the last two matches and see what happens," he said.

Asked about poor performance of star drag-flicker Sohail Abbas and striker Rehan Butt, Zeeshan said, "Sohail could not score from two penalty corners and we think England goalkeeper had come prepared. Rehan though was off-colour today."

Rehan Butt agreed that the third goal by England was due to the mistake of goalkeeper Salman Akbar.

"We had some individual mistakes and that contributed to our loss. Salman had a mistake and that led to the third goal. But it is part of the game," said Rehan.
 

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Thank you India, for giving me yet another treat. Thank you for 'drag-flicking' the aspirations of a billion people down the sh!thole. Even more importantly, thank you for insuring your demise. Now turn around quietly, so I can butt-spank you.

Bunch of homeless tw@ts.
 

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^^ Well, India was the lowest ranked team in the world cup. They are there for a reason.

We start expecting a revival too soon I guess. There is no revival of Indian hockey on the cards. We have been down in the dumps for several decades.

When we can't put in place a decehnt admini9strative mechanism for the "national game", when nepotism and mediocrity and unprofessionalism rules, we can't just win because we supposedly have talent and a glorious past in hockey.

We just failed the astro turf test and have never looked up since then.
 

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^^ Well, India was the lowest ranked team in the world cup. They are there for a reason.

We start expecting a revival too soon I guess. There is no revival of Indian hockey on the cards. We have been down in the dumps for several decades.

When we can't put in place a decehnt admini9strative mechanism for the "national game", when nepotism and mediocrity and unprofessionalism rules, we can't just win because we supposedly have talent and a glorious past in hockey.

We just failed the astro turf test and have never looked up since then.
I couldn't fvckin' agree more.

I'm so mumpin' pissed at these arschlochs that I could rip them a new cooch and fill it with some of my black gold.

It is so disappointing to see this nation of talented, able individuals have their potential eroded by a bunch of spineless, money-hungry, in-fighting, power-grabbing, cyber-sex having virgins seated up in administration. Truly, what India is today is despite its 'leaders'.
 
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I am following Hockey for quiet sometime now. India is out played only by Australia in this tournament till now. In the match against Spain we fail to convert 4 penalty corners to goal. We also missed 2/3 field goal chances. But apart from 4/5 guys our team is very inexperienced. But I will give my thumps up to our hockey team. If they get the support from our corporate houses and ministry of sports the future looks bright to me.

Be it India or Pakistan, we do not lack in skills. But we certainly lack physical stamina and fitness. Unless our players are fit both physically and mentally, it will be very hard to beat European teams.

But Pakistan played well against Spain. Lets see how we are performing today against England.
 

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We'll be needing a Rage'ctionary soon. :D
 

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I am off to the stadium tonight to cheer for our home team. These guys lift our spirits then dash it to the ground but at the end of the day they are the Indian national team and they need us fans to support them to the hilt.

Will be out in the stands cheering for the team and wishing them to win over England.
 

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