Christopher Ruhr scored a hat-trick as Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-1 in their Pool A match of the Hero FIH Junior Men's World Cup at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here today.
Besides Ruhr, Lukas Windfeder, Alexander Schollkopf and Niklas Bruns netted once each.
In another Pool A match earlier in the day, Belgium, who yesterday stunned defending champions Germany 3-1, continued to dominate as they blanked Egypt 5-0.
The Germans took the lead in the second minute itself through a field goal by Ruhr. They doubled the margin in the 10th minute when Lukas Windfeder converted a penalty corner.
Pumped up by the early goals, Ruhr netted the ball twice in a gap of eight minutes in the 18th and 26th minute to take the upper hand. While the first one was a field goal, the next was a penalty corner conversion.
On the other hand, Pakistan, who survived a late scare before prevailing over lowly Egypt 3-2 in their tournament opener yesterday, continued to look off-colour against their formidable opponents.
They were hardly in contention in the match and even a couple of chances that they got, the Pakistanis simply failed to make use and went into the half-time with Germany having a huge lead of 4-0.
The second half saw some resistance from Pakistan, but Germany calmly waited for their time to strike. They kept pushing up the pace and successfully overwhelmed their opponents to further extend the lead in the 59th minute when Alexander Schollkopf converted a penalty corner.
10 minutes later Niklas Bruns netted the ball through a field goal to make it 6-0.
The Pakistanis scored a consolation goal in the final second of the match, in fact just at the final hooter, when Sakeel Ammad Butt converted a penalty corner to reduce the margin.
Pakistan's Arslan Muhammad Qadir got a red card when he elbowed a German player.
