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It was one ace in the hole that trumped the biggest names in the Champions Trophy. Germany fielded the uncapped,but highly talented...

Florian blooms

It was one ace in the hole that trumped the biggest names in the Champions Trophy. Germany fielded the uncapped,but highly talented,Florian Fuchs in the tournament in Australia in November last year,and the 18-year-old striker justified his selection by emerging as the top-scorer (5 goals). On Wednesday,he scored two goals against Canada to take his World Cup aggregate to three and moved to second place,behind Dutch ace Taeke Taekema (4),on the scoring charts.

Goal rush at Cup

The ongoing World Cup is turning out to be a goal fest. With Germany pumping in half-a-dozen against Canada on Wednesday,the aggregate shot up to 54 after 10 matches. By contrast,the 2006 edition of the event saw a total of 174 goals scored in 42 matches,i.e. 4.14 per match. After 10 matches,though,the count was 38 (only 3.8 per game). The England-South Africa game on Tuesday saw a total of 10 goals being scored four of those,in fact came in a space of seven minutes (50th-57th).

Déjà vu for Ric

For the second match in a row,veteran Jamie Dwyer failed to slot the ball past the goalkeeper in a penalty stroke,when Adrian DSouza dived to the right stop his low strike. In the dugout,it was déjà vu for coach Ric Charlesworth. Twenty-eight years back,in the World Cup in Mumbai,I had got a penalty stroke against India. It was saved. So,when Dwyers stroke was stopped against India,I knew how he must be feeling. I could relate to that, said Charlesworth after Tuesdays match.