Hockey Men Lose Bronze Match against India

Four times, you last brought a medal, but in Tokyo ends this series: the German hockey men lost the bronze game against India.

Jan Christopher stirring his bat with his bat with full force on the gang, Captain Tobias Hauke ​​slapped the hands in front of the face: Germany's hockey men have missed bronze after a big fight, the medal series at Olympic games is torn.

The team of national coach Kais Al Saadi underlaid record winner India in a dramatic game around the third place with 4: 5 (3: 3) and thus brought for the first time since the summer games 2000 in Sydney no Olympic precious metal. In 2008 and 2012, the German hockey men won the gold medal, 2004 and 2016 had bronze - this time only a thankful fourth place remained.

Timur Oruz (2nd), Niklas Waves (24th) and Benedict Furk (25th) brought the German team in the bronze game in the first section with 3: 1 in the lead, but India turned the encounter with four hits within a nine minute. More than the connection gate through Lukas Windfeder (48.) did not succeed anymore. The German hockey women were eliminated in Tokyo in the quarterfinals.

"It is now insane hurt," DHB-Captain Hauke ​​had said after the unfortunate-lost semi-final against the three-time world champion Australia (1: 3): "But when we get up tomorrow, we are ready to get what we deserve to have."

This greed after a medal was clearly noticeable in the Oi Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The German team began with great determination - and caught a dream start. However, the early guidance by Oruz has just as much security as the double strike due to worth seeing hits to 3: 1. Even before the break, India after two criminals.

In the second section, the eight-time Olympic champion took over, whose last gold is already 41 years ago, then fully the command and surpassed the "Honamas" with two painful needlesties. No four minutes were played after restart, the German team suddenly lay with 3: 5 behind. Especially bitter: From six Indian shots, five ended up in the gate.

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In the final quarter, the German team pushed and shortened quickly to 4: 5. But the compensation did not succeed despite clear superiority and a few criminal offices. The last corner seven seconds before the end brought nothing.