Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Men's Semi-final - Germany vs India - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 06, 2024. Jean-Paul Danneberg of Germany, Moritz Ludwig of Germany, Gonzalo Peillat of Germany and Mathias Mueller of Germany celebrate with teammates winning the match. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Men's Semi-final - Germany vs India - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 06, 2024.
Jean-Paul Danneberg of Germany, Gonzalo Peillat of Germany and Mathias Mueller of Germany celebrate with teammates winning the match. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Men's Semi-final - Germany vs India - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 06, 2024. Hardik Singh of India reacts after losing the match.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi PARIS - Germany claimed a 3-2 win over India in the men's hockey semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after Marco Miltkau scored the winner by lifting the ball over veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh with six minutes left on the clock. Germany last reached the final at London 2012 when they claimed gold and will now play the Netherlands, who have not conceded a goal in their two knockout stage matches. India, who are back in the bronze medal match where the face Spain after beating Germany in Tokyo for third place, must wait another four years to snap a gold medal drought since 1980.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh opened the scoring on a penalty corner in the seventh minute with a high f.