Germany vs India - Men's Hero Hockey World League Final India Pool A [13/1/2014]

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After two games without a goal, India scored 3 goals to record their first points and earn a 3-3 draw against Olympic champions Germany in the final Pool A match of the Hero Hockey World League Final in what was an entertaining encounter.

India took the lead in the 19th minute after a shot was deflected into the German goal by Benedick Furk. The response from the enthusiastic crowd lifted the Indian team and the next few minutes saw some entertaining end-to-end hockey being played.

Germany were first to take advantage of a quick counter-attack, with captain Oliver Korn (24') equalising from open play.

The game see-sawed from end-to-end and it was a further nine minutes before Rupinder Singh (33') restored India's lead as he scored from a penalty corner strike.

The second half began at a great pace, but Germany's structure began to find holes in the Indian defence. A penalty corner was fired wide, before a hard pass into the circle found the smallest touch off an Indian stick for the second own goal of the match (41').

India continued to play with inventiveness, and the German goalkeeper Tim Jessulat was called to make two saves in quick succession. This pressure turned to a goal when Dharamvir Singh (52') converted a penalty corner into a 3-2 lead.

Indian hearts were broken when Thilo Stalkowski (68') scored the equaliser from open play, with just 2 minutes left on the clock.

Germany;
JACOBI (GK), BUTT, HÄNER, MATANIA, DEECKE, WESLEY, HAUKE, RABENTE, WESS, ARNOLD, KORN (C), ZWICKER, MILTKAU, FUCHS, FÜRK, NGUYEN LUONG, STRALKOWSKI, JESSULAT (GK)

India;
R. SINGH, KHADANGBAM, Manpreet SINGH, S. SINGH (C), WALMIKI, D. SINGH, Mandeep SINGH, VOKKALIGA RAMACHANDRA, SANNUVANDA KUSHALAPPA, PARATTU RAVEENDRAN (GK), SOWMARPET VITALACHARYA, MUKKATIRA BIDAPPA, LAKRA, H. SINGH (GK), KANGUJAM, ROHIDAS, AFFAN

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