Briefings


Jan 28, 2012 23:28 Match Review 3. Germany - Korea 4-2
Match Review 3. Germany - Korea 4-2

> This is the first time Germany beat another team than China (3 wins) and New Zealand (2 wins) since beating England 3-1 in July 2009.
> Germany ended their 5-match winless streak against Korea in all competitions and recorded their first win over Korea since a 5-1 victory in at the 2005 CT in Canberra.
> Germany have now won 7 of 10 CT matches against Korea, including the last 5. (7W-1D-2L).
> Tina Schütze scored the fastest CT goal for Germany ever, by scoring in the second minute of the match.
> Germany's previous fastest CT goal came in the third minute of the 1997 CT final (GER-AUS 1-2) and was scored by Britta Becker.
> Cheon Eun-Bi drew the score level scoring her 2nd CT goal in 7 CT matches.
> Kim Jong-Hee gave Korea a 2-1 lead in the 12th minute. Korea had never before scored twice in the first 12 minutes of a CT match. In 2011 they scored 2 goals in first 13 minutes against New Zealand (5-3 win).
> Anke Brockmann scored her first CT goal by converting a PC. She is the first German to score on het CT debut since Anke Kühn in 2004.
> Celine Wilde scored 3-1. She has now scored all 3 of her CT goals against Asian opposition netting twice against China in 2011 and now once against Korea.
> Lisa Hahn’s 36-minute goal marked the fastest goal for Germany in Champions Trophy history after half-time.
> Germany converted 1 of 4 penalty corners awarded.
> Korea did not get any penalty corners in today’s match.