A sort ofWe and the past, the last penalty kick, the last chance to win cards, is also an international career. Possibly the last of the 369 international matches is very painful for German record international Tobias Hauck. A spectacular game, of course, but after defeating India 4-5, there was no happy ending. “I am absolutely empty right now. This is the worst failure I have ever experienced in my life,” said the 33-year-old from Hamburg. Because of the postponement of the Olympics, he left everything aside-with two children. His family, the work and business in the family-now he is standing empty-handed.
At least he won’t play for Germany anymore on the court. Even in indoor hockey, due to the tight schedule, senior international players usually no longer participate in the competition. “It’s really painful,” Hawke said, thinking of other people too, “especially my teammates and staff who have not won Olympic medals.” Hawke already owns three. He won the gold medal in Beijing in 2008. At a young age, he returned from London as an Olympic champion four years later and brought back the bronze medal from Rio five years ago. Now, goodbye, nothing, all their hard work has not been rewarded.
It has been a long time since the German Hockey Association was not required to hand over a medal at the Olympics-in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, both men and women failed. As a result, both national team coaches had to leave, but mainly because of some atmospheric interference. This time, something similar will never happen. Kais al Saadi, who took office only in 2019, brought men back to the top of the world, while Xavier Reckinger left women there. However, one obvious weakness of the knockout rounds still exists.
“We are too stupid to reward ourselves”
Although women did not perform well in the quarterfinals and suddenly remained far below normal, men always had too few scoring opportunities. Against Australia, the second half of the semi-final was completely dominant, but the opponent’s circle lacked sharpness. In the bronze medal game against India, neither Oruz’s early lead in the second minute nor the 3-1 during the game were not enough-India then scored 4 goals in 7 minutes of the game. The German team made too many mistakes, especially on the defensive side. People think that the past is over. As demonstrated in the important games against the Netherlands and Argentina, Alsadi also restored balance to the defense in Tokyo, when his opponents had almost no chance.
This time, however, both came together at the wrong time, with loan sharks in front and negligence in the back. “We must not lose this game,” Defense Secretary Martin Hanna said. “We are too stupid to reward ourselves. We are too harmless in front of goal and conceded too many goals,” said the 33-year-old Berliner, who likes the last side of Hawke International competition deny. After the gold medal in 2012 and the bronze medal in 2016, all that remains this time is the frustration of missed opportunities. In addition to Hawke and Hana, other players will also end their international careers-hockey is now a demanding year-round operation with only a few breaks. There is also a game between players who are completely focused on hockey and-at most-German semi-professional players. The national team coach said: “This is the same turning point as it is the Olympics after all. The players who have lost their bones for a long time are about to retire.”
After all, the foundation of the German Hockey Federation is up-to-date internationally-both U-19 national teams became European champions shortly before the Olympics. A thorough analysis of Tokyo is still needed, and what is most lacking is obvious. German men and women are excellent but not world-class corner shooters. The 13 penalty corner kicks against India only resulted in one goal-in the end this wonderful game was of no avail.
However, at least in terms of the Olympic future of their sport, the Germans may have made a huge contribution. After all, hockey is always in danger of being overthrown. The Indians became Olympic champions at the 1980 Moscow Boycott Games and then completely lost contact with the world’s elites. The Bronze Medal victory of the Indians may change a lot in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee. In the world’s most populous country after China with a population of 1.38 billion, the third place was warmly celebrated and cheered, and — important to the IOC evaluation — commented accordingly on social networks And share. Hockey can also afford a dominant team from a small country: Belgium, the hapless runner-up in the Rio Olympics, won the gold medal in the penalty shoot-out against Australia. The world champion not only has a great team-most importantly, Vincent Vanasch has the best goalkeeper. He shot the best penalty.
