Hockey World Cup 2018, Germany v Netherlands: 5 Talking Points from the match

#4 Netherlands' inefficiency in converting the penalty corners

The Netherlands failed to find the back of the net after the opening goal

The Dutch were awarded their first penalty corner in the third quarter as Hertzberger's reverse flick took a deflection off Muller in the scoring area to prove as a chance for the Dutch to take the lead.

In their first attempt to score, Tobias Hauke's schoolboy error of talking to a fellow defender while the shot was being taken saw him earning a green card as the Germans were down to two runners as the Dutch lined up for their second shot.

In the next shot, the low ball was deflected off by a confident run from Lukas Windfeder while the fourth attempt was thwarted by a low drive from Tobias Walter, who deflected off the goal to keep the Dutch from going into the lead and more importantly, piled pressure on the opposition.