BHUBANESWAR: Precision over passion, tactics over temper: Gonzalo Peillat has imbibed the German style of hockey well. The deadly drag-flicker from Argentina, who switched allegiance to Germany last year, was the hat-trick hero as the Die Honamas scripted another stunning comeback to put out the mighty Australia in the semifinal of the FIH World Cup.
At the Kalinga stadium here on Friday, the Germans prevailed 4-3 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller.