OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: German revenge: Hockey
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Great Britain. . .0
Germany. . . . . .2
GERMANY won the repeat of the Seoul hockey final against the Olympic champions, Britain, in a thrilling pool game last night when the cool finishing of Carsten Fischer at penalty corners succeeded where his British counterpart, Rob Hill, failed.
In a tense opening period both sides showed their willingness to attack and Britain might have drawn first blood in the first minute as Russell Garcia took on the German defence to force a penalty corner. Hill's piledriver was on target, but the German goalkeeper Michael Knauth was equal to the challenge.
Germany's first worthwhile opportunity came in the sixth minute when Fischer's well-disguised penalty corner shot was deflected for a harmless long corner. His next, a minute later, was too high, but there was no denying Fischer from his third penalty corner in the 16th minute.
Fischer set up the second in the 30th minute, his aerial pass to Jan-Peter Tewes catching the defence unawares and, with Sean Rowlands only able to get a touch to the cross, Michael Hilgers scored.
Three minutes after the interval, Sam Martin forced a penalty corner, but Hill's muffed flick was blocked before breaking to Jason Laslett, whose hurried shot went wide.
GREAT BRITAIN: S Rowlands (Havant); S Martin (Holywood 87), P Bolland (Hounslow); J Potter (Hounslow), J Laslett (Teddington), R Hill (Havant); S Batchelor (East Grinstead), R Garcia (Havant), S Kerly (Canterbury), R Clift (East Grinstead, capt), J Lee (East Grinstead). Substitutes: D Williams (Havant) for Batchelor, 36min; R Thompson (Hounslow) for Lee, 54; J Shaw (Southgate) for Garcia, 54.
GERMANY: M Knauth; C Fischer; J-P Tewes, V Fried (capt), K Michler; C Blunck, M Metz, A Keller; S Meinhardt, M Hilgers, A Becker. Substitutes: S Saliger for Meinhardt, 50; S Tewes for Hilgers, 57; O Kurtz for Becker, 67.
Umpires: P Van Beneden (Bel) and A Renaud (Fr).
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments