Hockey World Cup 2018, Germany vs Netherlands: 3 Standout Players from the match

#2 Mathias Muller (Germany)

Germany orchestrated their penalty corners quite brilliantly to confound Netherlands

In comparison to Netherlands' four penalty corners, Germany were able to earn just three penalty corners. However, they converted two of those into goals even as the Dutch fluffed all of their chances.

Mathias Muller almost scored from Germany's first penalty corner. But his strike smashed into the post and ricocheted safely.

When they organised a brilliant penalty corner variation in their third chance, he got himself into a remarkably unmarked position close to the goal.

Skipper Martin Haner left it for Christopher Ruhr who then unfurled a canny pass to the lurking Mathias Muller.

The 26-year old duly deflected the ball into the back of the net. At a time when Germany were scrambling to keep the Dutch at bay, the equaliser ensured that both teams went into the half-time mark with scores level.