German captain Oliver Korn said that before the game the whole squad really wanted to stamp their mark on the game, but they “were asleep at the start of the game.”
Coach Markus Weise agreed: “We didn’t play well in the first half and some of the boys didn’t do the work that they needed to. We were much better in the second half but one good half is not enough when you are playing the best in the world. Really, I was not satisfied with the way we took our penalty corners today.”