Bhubaneswar, Feb. 18 -- Reigning World Champions, Germany outplayed India's men's team and secured a 4-1 victory in a high-octane encounter at the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 at the iconic Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.

Florian Sperling (7'), Thies Prinz (14'), Michel Struthoff (48'), and Raphael Hartkopf (55') scored the winning goals, while Gurjant Singh (13') was India's lone goal scorer.

With the two teams sharing a healthy rivalry in international hockey, the match was bound to be intense right from the start, with both teams producing exciting brands of hockey.

Though India looked like they held better possession in the first five minutes of the opening quarter, the tactically-driven attack by the Germans lan...