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13:39
Penalty corner missed by Jeremy Hayward (Australia)
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13:39
Now the Australians have the ball for a while. Colin Batch’s men seldom seek their way into the circle. Now that’s the case again. And again there is a penalty corner.
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13:38
The Germans immediately took the initiative again, looking for the way forward, but also working patiently. There’s no use running into the open knife here. The Australians are just waiting to counterattack.
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1:35 p.m
Beginning of 4th quarter
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13:34
Quarter conclusion:
Germany is still struggling to reach the final. The Honamas are trying everything and have now reduced the deficit to 1-2 against Australia. André Henning’s boys have a lot more out of the game visually and now have to keep at it. Everything is still in there.
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13:32
Another penalty corner for Germany. Matthew Dawson is said to have thrown a free punch with the round end of the bat. On the other hand, against the Australians via video evidence – and with success. There is no illegal action.
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13:29
Penalty corner missed by Gonzalo Peillat (Germany)
Again, Gonzalo Peillat should direct it, but he still lays across to Tom Grambusch. His shot sticks. There’s one more try. This time Peillat shoots. It looks similar to the goal, but Flynn Ogilvie saves for Australia on the line.
44
13:29
Germany keeps marching forward, making it back into the circle. It is decided on a dangerous game against Australia. penalty corner!
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13:26
Goal for Germany, 2-1 by Gonzalo Peillat
The fifth penalty corner in a row brings success. Niklas waves executes, Moritz Trompertz stops. And then Gonzalo Peillat actually finds the gap between goalkeeper Andrew Charter and Aran Zalewski. That’s the hit.
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13:25
Penalty corner missed by Gonzalo Peillat (Germany)
It puts corners in series. Again and again Gonzalo Peillat is presented, who is always blocked. The game repeats itself regularly.
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13:24
Niklas Wellen is looking for his way into the circle and is processed by the Australians. Aran Zalewski’s stock foul results in a penalty corner.
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13:23
And then the Australians start a counterattack. Alexander Stadler is just ahead of Jacob Whetton and fends off the first wave. But Joshua Beltz hangs up again for Whetton, who also misses the short corner from a half-right position.
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13:22
Sometimes the Germans also lack accuracy. Now the coordination between Christopher Rühr and Niklas Wellen is not right. There are many little things that make life difficult for the record European champion.
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13:19
Christopher Rühr is found in the circle via detours. He immediately seeks closure. The deflected ball lands on top of the goal net.
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13:17
Penalty corner missed by Blake Govers (Australia)
Eddie Ockenden saves Blake Govers. Alexander Stadler parried his shot very well. Germany’s goalkeeper nullifies the penalty corner.
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13:17
Australia are clearly trying to bring calm into the game. But Colin Batch’s team doesn’t make the mistake of becoming too passive either. Now it goes forward again and promptly leads to a penalty corner.
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13:16
Even after the restart, the Honamas have more of the game and are always looking for their way into the circle of shots. Now it’s a technical error by Moritz Trompertz that gets in the way of the effort.
34
13:13
But no seven meters! It’s about a possible stock foul by an Australian. But this is by no means recognizable. In addition, the foot contact came after the whistle, so in the end there is not even a penalty corner for Germany.
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13:10
There are seven meters for the DHB team! Or not? The scene is checked again.
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13:09
Germany remains in forward gear. Christopher Rühr doesn’t actually hit the ball properly in the circle, but he does hit Matthew Dawson’s foot. Next penalty corner!
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13:07
Immediately the first promising scene for the DHB team. Gonzalo Peillat finds Mats Grambusch on the baseline with his flick, but his sharp ball in the middle finds no takers.
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13:05
Beginning of 3rd quarter
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12:57 p.m
Mid-term conclusion:
Compared to the comeback win against England, the Honamas are actually significantly improved in terms of play. However, Australia took an early lead through one of Hayward’s infamous penalty corners and came out of nowhere just before half-time when Nathan Ephraums countered. After all, the DHB team has already proven in the course of the tournament so far that morale remains intact even after setbacks.
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12:56
Luckily, Blake Govers threw the ball wide to the right and it was 2-0 at the break.
30
12:55 p.m
After all, Jeremy Hayward is not on the field right now, but it is still dangerous. There is another penalty corner, but the ball was on an Australian foot – Germany should have taken the challenge!
30
12:54
Eight seconds before the end, Australia is actually awarded a penalty corner. Timothy Brand just plays the foot of Teo Hinrichs.
30
12:53
Gonzalo Peillat takes the shot, but misses the left corner by a wide margin and only hits the goalkeeper’s water bottle.
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12:52
Jake Harvie gets hit in the hand, Germany takes the second penalty corner!
29
12:52
Germany is running again. But of course it’s a fine line: you’ve just seen that backward movement shouldn’t be neglected.
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12:50 p.m
Goal for Australia, 2-0 by Nathan Ephraums
Are the Australians ripped off! Long ball to the baseline to Tom Wickham, who lifts his head and sees two men lurking in the centre. Nathan Ephraums almost only has to keep the bat in, because the German defenders moved up too slowly.
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12:49 p.m
At the beginning, Germany barely made it into the circle. That has now completely changed, it is 11:6 after circle penetrations for the Honamas.
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12:46 p.m
Marco Miltkau enters the circle and is surrounded by three men. Unfortunately, it is Miltkau himself who misses the ball and hits Aran Zalewski’s bat. This means that the third penalty corner for Germany has already been denied, but rightly so.
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12:43 p.m
Nice change of sides by Gonzalo Peillat. Compared to the day before yesterday, the Honamas are much improved today.
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12:42 p.m
Very dominant phase of the DHB team. Christopher Rühr pulls from the left baseline with his backhand, but Andrew Charter closes the short corner.
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12:40 p.m
Tom Grambusch is not tackled properly and can pull off with full force. However, the bullet is too imprecise, Andrew Charter just has to stop.
19
12:39 p.m
But now! Moritz Ludwig is played with a nice flick and can also control it wonderfully. He plays the ball sharply in the middle, where Justus Weigand is clearly fouled. penalty corner!
18
12:38 p.m
Australia have a lot of possession in the early minutes of the second quarter. At the moment it’s hard to imagine how Germany is going to equalize. The circle penetrations are rare.
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12:35 p.m
Beginning of 2nd quarter
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12:33 p.m
Quarter conclusion:
Germany actually made a much more committed start than against England. However, in Jeremy Hayward, Australia simply has a hard-to-defend penalty corner specialist.
13.
12:31
Australia remains in attack, but when Timothy Brand shoots from the turn, Alexander Stadler cuts a fine figure this time and defends with his left catch hand!
12.
12:28
Goal for Australia, 1-0 by Jeremy Hayward
Hayward is and will always be the penalty corner king. The German plan was actually that Alexander Stadler covers the right corner and Martin Zwicker the left. Hayward seems to have recognized that from the first penalty corner and simply circles the ball between the two! Stadler might have been able to react better, but his view is probably blocked.
12.
12:28
Now there is a penalty corner for Australia, which unfortunately cannot be faulted.
11.
12:26
Mats Grambusch with a slap shot from the edge of the circle, but an Australian can still block again!
10
12:25
Another supposed penalty corner for Germany, but Australia appeals again. It’s all about which body part Jake Harvie uses to block the shot. It’s ultimately the knee, the Oceanians are right again.
9.
12:22
High ball to Justus Weigand, which he cannot control properly. Germany is quite good in the game here.
7.
12:21
But no penalty corner. Australia appeals and succeeds.
6.
12:19
Beautiful ball conquest in the circle of Timur Oruz, who intercepts the flick directly and gets the first penalty corner with his dribbling!
4.
12:17
Now also Germany with the first advance, but Mats Grambusch and Marco Miltkau afford a misunderstanding on the left wing.
2.
12:15 p.m
Of course, Jeremy Hayward comes to the end again, but Alexander Stadler is there for the first time! Then he closes the entire right corner.
1.
12:14
The Honamas still in deep sleep while Australia immediately picks up the pace. Jacob Whetton pulls from the half right and takes out the first penalty corner.
1.
12:13
And off! Germany in black, Australia in white.
12:10 p.m
The anthems are on! It’s a shame that the arena isn’t particularly well filled in the semi-finals either. But some German fans also traveled to Bhubaneswar.
12:04
With Jeremy Hayward, Australia has the previous top scorer at this tournament. Curiously, he scored all of his seven goals from penalty corners, so the DHB team has to be careful.
11:58
The Honamas have been waiting for a gold medal at a World Championships for 17 years. In the German camp, however, everyone is quite optimistic, as midfielder Martin Zwicker emphasized in the run-up: “I see the opportunity to really do something with this team at this tournament”.
11:54
Germany is in a World Cup semi-final for the first time since 2010. Should the coup succeed today, it would be against Belgium or the Netherlands in the final on Sunday. The game for third place takes place a little earlier on the same day.
11:47
With Australia, however, an even more difficult task awaits the Honamas. Because the Kookaburras occupy first place in the world rankings and, after their high-scoring tournament history (24 goals), are considered to be the biggest favorites for the title alongside Belgium. The Oceanians are also likely to be particularly hungry, having narrowly missed out on gold medals at the Rio Olympics and the last World Championships.
11:35
André Henning took the goalkeeper off the field, England acted outnumbered after a penalty. With two more field players on the field, the Honamas managed to go from 0-2 to 2-2 in the last five minutes. In the penalty shootout, the actual substitute keeper Jean-Paul Danneberg was the outstanding man with two saves.
11:33
Good morning and welcome to the field hockey game between Australia and Germany! For a long time no one would have thought it possible that the Honamas would even make it to the semifinals. But a sensational comeback against England gave the Henning protégés a place in the last four. At 12 o’clock it starts in India!