<p>“Our goal today was to make the semifinals and we made it. We are happy with a semifinal place. A draw would have been better, but we missed quite a few chances in the end and the Koreans played quite well,” he said, after the 1-2 loss at the World Cup on Tuesday.<br /><br />Korea have had the Dutchmen’s number quite a few times but De Nooijer didn’t read too much into those losses. “The thing is, they convert most of their chances while we miss quite a few. <br /><br />“That has been the case in our recent matches, including the last Champions Trophy (where they lost twice to the Koreans).”<br /><br />De Nooijer said the loss won’t affect his team in the semifi</p>.<p>nal. “You can’t win every match. The semifinal is a different game and we will be ready for it.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Germany’s captain Max Muller said there was room for improvement after defeating New Zealand to secure their semifinal berth.<br /><br />“I am not hundred percent happy with our performance. We could have done better but our penalty corners were quite good today and I am happy about that. We have worked very hard on our penalty corners and that is showing.”<br /><br />The German captain was particularly displeased by the fact that they allowed New Zealand to come back after taking a 3-0 lead.<br /><br />“It is a mental thing. After scoring three goals, we thought the match was safe and our performance went down. But we were always confident of turning things around and I was telling the boys to step up their performance,” said Muller. “The important thing is we are a tight unit as a team. That is a big plus for us,” he said.</p>
<p>“Our goal today was to make the semifinals and we made it. We are happy with a semifinal place. A draw would have been better, but we missed quite a few chances in the end and the Koreans played quite well,” he said, after the 1-2 loss at the World Cup on Tuesday.<br /><br />Korea have had the Dutchmen’s number quite a few times but De Nooijer didn’t read too much into those losses. “The thing is, they convert most of their chances while we miss quite a few. <br /><br />“That has been the case in our recent matches, including the last Champions Trophy (where they lost twice to the Koreans).”<br /><br />De Nooijer said the loss won’t affect his team in the semifi</p>.<p>nal. “You can’t win every match. The semifinal is a different game and we will be ready for it.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Germany’s captain Max Muller said there was room for improvement after defeating New Zealand to secure their semifinal berth.<br /><br />“I am not hundred percent happy with our performance. We could have done better but our penalty corners were quite good today and I am happy about that. We have worked very hard on our penalty corners and that is showing.”<br /><br />The German captain was particularly displeased by the fact that they allowed New Zealand to come back after taking a 3-0 lead.<br /><br />“It is a mental thing. After scoring three goals, we thought the match was safe and our performance went down. But we were always confident of turning things around and I was telling the boys to step up their performance,” said Muller. “The important thing is we are a tight unit as a team. That is a big plus for us,” he said.</p>
