{"id":13198,"date":"2012-08-06T02:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-hockey-britain-battle-to-draw-with-australia-in-thriller\/"},"modified":"2012-08-06T02:07:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:39","slug":"olympics-hockey-britain-battle-to-draw-with-australia-in-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-hockey-britain-battle-to-draw-with-australia-in-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Hockey-Britain battle to draw with Australia in thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Annika Breidthardt<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 5 (Reuters) – Britain fought back from 3-0 down
\nagainst Australia to earn a 3-3 draw with a goal five minutes
\nfrom time in a thrilling men’s Olympic hockey match on Sunday
\nthat left the teams level at the top of Group A.<\/p>\n

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World hockey champions Australia, on eight points, need at
\nleast a draw on Tuesday against Pakistan, who have seven, to
\nclinch a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n

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If Australia unexpectedly lose, Britain, who also have eight
\npoints, would need a draw versus injury-hit Spain later that day
\nto reach the last four.<\/p>\n

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In Group B, Netherlands beat reigning champions Germany 3-1
\nin another action-packed game to clinch a seventh consecutive
\ntop-four Olympic finish, leaving the Germans and South Korea to
\nfight for the second semi-final spot from the section.<\/p>\n

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Britain were stunned when Australia struck twice in the
\nearly stages, although both teams had a slew of chances.<\/p>\n

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The Australians had silenced the home crowd as early as the
\nseventh minute when Russell Ford finished a run down the
\nbaseline by pushing the ball through keeper James Fair’s legs.<\/p>\n

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Just four minutes later Ford scored again, slipping a
\nreverse finish into the net to secure a 2-0 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

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Australia came out strongly again after the break, with
\ncaptain Mark Knowles smashing the ball past Fair from the top of
\nthe circle six minutes into the second half.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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