Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India]Jan 30 (ANI): After his side’s FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup triumph, Germany captain Matt Grambusch on Monday took to social media to express his happiness over his team’s win.
Germany produced a stellar performance and recorded an incredible penalty shootout win against Belgium to lift the FIH Hockey World Cup for the third time on Sunday.
Mats posted a picture on Instagram celebrating Germany’s third title win.
“Hi, we are the world champions! @honamas_hockey,” said the caption of Matt’s post.
After trailing by two goals early in the game, the German side went on to win the match 5–4 in a shootout.
Goals from Niklas Wellen, Gonzalo Pilat and Mats Grambusch saw the Germans beat the reigning champions in the summit clash in Bhubaneswar after coming back from a two-goal deficit.
Within the first ten minutes, Belgium took a 2–0 lead, which was a great start. The Belgians took the lead in the ninth minute through Florent van Aubel and extended it to two goals in the tenth minute.
Belgium appeared to be on autopilot until Tanguy Kossins fired the ball into the goal. Germany applied the pressure in the second quarter. Nicklas Wellen scored from a penalty corner to give Germany the points despite missing a penalty shot.
When the game was evenly poised in the 40th minute, Pilat took advantage of the opportunity to convert a penalty corner to make it 2–2.
The Germans later took the lead in the 48th minute, sending the crowd into a frenzy as they tried to complete another comeback win, having beaten Australia and England in similar conditions earlier in the tournament.
Tom Boon equalized at 3–3 with a penalty corner in the 58th minute and sent the game to a shootout after Belgium pressed into the German circle after being alerted by a goal.
Belgium and Germany both scored on their opening shots, but Arthur de Slover missed a chance to give Germany the lead. After that, Hannes Müller scored, and Victor Vagnez eventually missed a chance to make it 2–1 in the shootout.
As Cousins scored to tie the score 2–2, Marko Miltkau’s attempt to add to the tension was unsuccessful. After Thais Prinz’s shot made it 3–2, Antoni Kina immediately leveled the score. Grambush then wasted a crucial opportunity to win it as we went to sudden death with everything on the line.
To add to the suspense surrounding the game, Wellen and Van Aubel tied the score at 4–4.
Germany won after Belgium missed the final shot and Franz scored a superb effort to make it 5–4. (ANI)
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