After receiving the award for being the Player of the Final, Germany goalkeeper Jasper Ditzer was asked what was going through his mind during the penalty shootout. His response was unfiltered. “Nothing, just get the f**k out of this as the winner.”

And he did. For the second time in a knockout match in this tournament, the young goalkeeper was the star for Germany as they won the FIH Junior World Cup for a record-extending eighth time with a 3-2 win in the tie-breaker after a 1-1 stalemate after 60 minutes. For context, all other countries combined have won the tournament six times.

Spain can consider themselves unlucky – they had their fair share of luck in getting here in the first place – because on the balance of play, they were perhaps the better team with more possession of the ba

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