Germany put on a show in front of another packed SparkassenPark as the world champions swept past the Netherlands 3-0 to move top of Pool B.

The damage was done in the first five minutes where two goals left the Dutch always in arears and despite many chances, they could not make it by Jean-Paul Danneberg.

The Germans pinned their opponents back from the start with Niklas Wellen’s thrust from the left baseline inviting Justus Wiegand to step in and touch into the goal.

Wellen was credited with the second when he again got to the baseline and his cross was deflected in by a Dutch foot, 2-0 with exactly five minutes on the clock.

And then the third arrived before half-time from a breathtaking move out of defence, Teo Hinrichs taking on possession before delivering the perfect pass for Malte Hellwig to attack space. His tomahawk evaded the efforts of Maurits Visser.

Try as the Dutch might in the second half, they were unable to make any inroads as the partisan home crowd roared on every challenge on the way to victory.

“Really crazy to play in front of so many friends and German fans!” said player of the match Danneberg. “We did start very slow but now it is not so important. We showed the world today we are a high performance team and we are now back in the tournament and looking forward.

“It’s unbelievable to play in front of a crowd like this. We don’t have it often but it does give us extreme emotion!”

Men’s Pool B: Germany 3 (J Wiegand, N Wellen, M Hellwig) Netherlands 0