Germany took early lead and withstood the late surge of Australia to march into the Bhubaneswar Champions Trophy final, which will be played on Sunday night.

Germany amassed three goals through the sticks of Timur Oruz, Mats Grambusch and Florian Fuchs which put the Australians on backfoot throughout the match. They could not come out of the mess they caved in the early part of the match.

Two goals in the space of eight minutes one each by Chris Criello and Nicholas Budgeon provided amble chances for Australia to bounce back. The Kukooburras in deed got a couple of penalty corners in the remaining eight minutes in addition to three good shots at goals, but Germany’s goalie Nicolas Jacobi stood like a rock of Gibraltor.

Florian Fuchs was declared Man of the Match