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 tournament.
Australia could have clinched a spot in the gold medal final on Sunday with a win. Both they and Germany are still looking good for a spot in the championship match, sitting first and second respectively with one round-robin match to go tomorrow.
Earlier, South Korea came back from a 5-1 deficit to draw 5-5 with Spain.
Reserve Nam Hyun-woo scored three goals in seven minutes from penalty corners to help South Korea secure a draw. Nam scored in the 58th, 61st and 65th minutes, then You Hyo-sik equalized for South Korea with three minutes remaining.
“We weren’t preparing our penalty corners much for the game against Spain,” Nam said. “For the goals I scored today, I just got down and hit the ball really hard.”
Pau Quemada scored three times for Spain, including a 53rd-minute goal that gave his side a four-goal advantage.
Spain’s Xavi Ribas said his team thought they had the match won.
“We started really fast and went really hard early on, but then we relaxed in the second half,” Ribas said. “When it was 4-1 at halftime, we thought it was good enough, but it wasn’t to be.”
In the other game, the Netherlands edged England 3-2.
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 a goal.
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