After thrashing Malaysia 7-0 in the opening match, Netherlands started brightly against Germany and took the lead through Valentin Verga's (R) 13th minute goal. (Getty Images)
Mathias Muller (extreme left) scored for Germany in the 30th minute from a well-worked penalty corner to make it 1-1 on the stroke of half-time. (FIH Twitter)
Germany, stepped on the gas in the third quarter and the flood gates were opened after Lukas Windfeder's (centre) scored from a penalty corner 52nd minute. (Getty Images)
Before the Dutch could recover from Windefeder's goal, Die Honamas added one through Marco Miltkau's (#22) goal in the 54th minute. (Getty Images)
Two minutes from full-time, Netherlands conceded a penalty stroke and Christopher Ruhr stepped up to score from the spot and finish a 4-1 thrashing of the three-time champion and improve Germany's chance to reach the quarterfinals. (Getty Images)
In the second match of the day, both Pakistan and Malaysia struggled to find an opening in the first three quarters due to patchy finishing. (Getty Images)
Pakistan finally took the lead in the 51st minute through Muhammad Atiq who finished past Kumar Subramiam at the far post with an excellent strike. (Getty Images)
But Malaysia's star attacker Faizal Saari sent a dragflick into the right top corner to beat Imran Butt in the 55th minute to end the match at 1-1. With Netherlands losing against Germany, Pool D cross-over chances have been blown wide open. (Getty Images)
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