Germany halts Australia's charge
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December 4, 2009, Friday
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GERMANY scored three first-half goals to set up a 3-1 win over Australia yesterday, handing the hosts and defending champions their first loss of the Champions Trophy men's tournament.
Australia could have clinched a spot in the gold medal final on Sunday with a win. Both it and Germany are still looking good for a spot in the championship match, sitting first and second respectively with one round-robin match to tomorrow.
Earlier, South Korea came back from a 1-5 deficit to draw 5-5 with Spain and the Netherlands edged England 3-2.
Reserve Nam Hyun-woo scored three goals in seven minutes from penalty corners to help South Korea secure its draw with Spain. Robbert Kemperman scored in the fourth minute and again in the 49th to give the Dutch a 3-1 lead before Richard Smith's goal 10 minutes later pulled England back to within one goal.
Nam scored in the 58th, 61st and 65th minutes, then You Hyo-sik added the equalizer for South Korea with three minutes remaining.
"We weren't preparing our penalty corners much for the game against Spain," Nam said of his hat-trick. "For the goals I scored today, I just got down and hit the ball really hard."
South Korean coach Shin Seok-kyo said his team's physical conditioning reaped reward.
"Traditionally Korea is a team that focuses on fitness levels," Shin said. "Those last 12 minutes, players showed their hard training and good fitness levels pay off."
Pau Quemada scored three times for Spain, including a 53rd-minute goal that gave his side its four-goal advantage.
Spain's Xavi Ribas said his team thought it had the match won.
"When it was 4-1 at halftime, we thought it was good enough. But it wasn't to be. We're very disappointed. We were playing well before the tournament and two draws simply isn't good enough," Ribas said.
Australia could have clinched a spot in the gold medal final on Sunday with a win. Both it and Germany are still looking good for a spot in the championship match, sitting first and second respectively with one round-robin match to tomorrow.
Earlier, South Korea came back from a 1-5 deficit to draw 5-5 with Spain and the Netherlands edged England 3-2.
Reserve Nam Hyun-woo scored three goals in seven minutes from penalty corners to help South Korea secure its draw with Spain. Robbert Kemperman scored in the fourth minute and again in the 49th to give the Dutch a 3-1 lead before Richard Smith's goal 10 minutes later pulled England back to within one goal.
Nam scored in the 58th, 61st and 65th minutes, then You Hyo-sik added the equalizer for South Korea with three minutes remaining.
"We weren't preparing our penalty corners much for the game against Spain," Nam said of his hat-trick. "For the goals I scored today, I just got down and hit the ball really hard."
South Korean coach Shin Seok-kyo said his team's physical conditioning reaped reward.
"Traditionally Korea is a team that focuses on fitness levels," Shin said. "Those last 12 minutes, players showed their hard training and good fitness levels pay off."
Pau Quemada scored three times for Spain, including a 53rd-minute goal that gave his side its four-goal advantage.
Spain's Xavi Ribas said his team thought it had the match won.
"When it was 4-1 at halftime, we thought it was good enough. But it wasn't to be. We're very disappointed. We were playing well before the tournament and two draws simply isn't good enough," Ribas said.
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