Germany beat England in World Cup semifinal
Published:Thursday | March 11, 2010 | 5:23 PM
Two-time defending champion Germany stayed in the hunt for a third straight men\'s field hockey World Cup title by outplaying England 4-1 today in the semifinals in New Delhi.
Germany, the 2002 and 2006 World Cup winners, avenged their loss to England in last year\'s European Cup final.
Jan-Marco Montag gave Germany the lead in the sixth minute and Oliver Korn deflected in a cross from the right to make it 2-0 in the 10th minute.
England reduced the lead through a penalty-corner conversion by Richard Smith in the 18th minute, but Germany took a 3-1 cushion into halftime thanks to Martin Haner\'s 31st-minute goal from another penalty corner.
Linus Butt scored from a penalty corner in the 60th to round off the scoring for Germany.
Australia take on the Netherlands in the other semi-final later.