{"id":13225,"date":"2012-08-06T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-hockey-kiwis-in-first-ever-semis-as-germany-crash-out\/"},"modified":"2012-08-06T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T12:10:08","slug":"olympics-hockey-kiwis-in-first-ever-semis-as-germany-crash-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-hockey-kiwis-in-first-ever-semis-as-germany-crash-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Hockey-Kiwis in first-ever semis as Germany crash out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 6 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s women booked their
\nfirst ever ticket to the Olympic hockey semifinals on Monday,
\nknocking out Athens champions Germany with a goalless draw.<\/p>\n

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In the other pool, Britain need at least a draw in their
\nlast preliminary match against favourites the Netherlands at
\n1900 local time (1800 GMT), if China beat Japan by four goals or
\nmore at 1345. The Netherlands are through to the next round.<\/p>\n

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Germany only had an outside chance of going through to the
\nsemifinals, having already lost to Australia and Argentina.<\/p>\n

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They would have needed to beat New Zealand, pre-tournament
\noutsider ranked sixth in the world, with a three-goal margin to
\nproceed, but a bit of bad luck – having two goals disallowed –
\nand a strong Kiwi defence held them back.<\/p>\n

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The Kiwis, only needing a draw, started off positively with
\nan early hit on post, but then focused mostly on defending and
\nlaunching counter-attacks.<\/p>\n

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Germany had the ball in the Kiwi net just two minutes before
\nhalf time but it was ruled out after a video referral called by
\nthe umpire failed to prove Maike Stoeckel had got a touch inside
\nthe circle.<\/p>\n

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In the second half, Germany enjoyed a strong run of play,
\nmanaging to hold the ball in the New Zealand half, but could not
\nconvert any of their six set-piece penalty corners and a slew of
\nfree game chances.<\/p>\n

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Germany called – and lost – their video referral on one
\ncorner, the first push-in from the left in this tournament, when
\nJanne Mueller-Wieland raised the ball above the goal board.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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