Germany recorded a 4-3 victory over Australia in a thrilling World Cup semi-final, leaving them to face reigning champions Belgium in the final on Sunday
Germany face reigning champions Belgium in final on Sunday
But they then succumbed to the drag-flick maestro, Gonzalo Peillat, the one-time Argentine Olympic champ-turned-German citizen, who completed a second-half hat-trick of penalty corners with just 1:42 left on the clock. More passive than their opponents, they may have been the authors of their own downfall when, with just 13 seconds left, Tom Craig got his marching orders for a second green card offence amid some desperate scrambling in defence.
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