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Black Sticks' Anita Punt - Source: Photosport -
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Germany have brushed aside the Black Sticks women's hockey team 3-1 at the Champions Trophy in Argentina.
Today's result means the Black Sticks will either face the Netherlands or Great Britain, the top two teams in pool A, this Friday (NZ time) in Rosario.
The step up in tempo in the second spell helped Capital's Anita Punt to score, after a goal mouth scramble saw her sweep the ball from the edge of the circle into the back of the net.
The third ranked German side had a strong start scoring all three goals in the first 20 minutes, unlike in the Black Sticks' matches against Argentina and Korea where they were the first to score.
"It was an improved team effort today, it was a much better second half performance and the way we played gives us confidence going into the quarter finals," says Hager.
Hager said the pressure put on a clinical German to earn turnovers in the second half was encouraging.
In the day's earlier matches Great Britain beat China 3-1 while the Netherlands beat the Japanese 4-1. Argentina is still to play Korea in the final pool match.
