AMSTERDAM, June 27: Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-0 in the first match of the men's 4-nation field hockey tournament here on Saturday. It was Germany's fourth win over Pakistan in two weeks, having won in Test matches in Berlin and in Hamburg last Sunday.

Sohail Abbas failed to convert four penalty corners and a penalty stroke while Germany took full advantage of defensive lapses by Pakistan to convert a high percentage of its scoring chances.

"There was a total lack of organisation in the team and the team did not play according to the game plan," Pakistan's coach Roelant Oltmans said.

"There was a total lack of defensive structure," Oltmans said, refusing to lay the blame solely on the goalkeeper.

Pakistan had three open chances in the first half and Sohail had a chance to even the match at 1-1 with the penalty stroke in the 13th minute, two minutes after Mathias Witthaus scored Germany's first goal.

Germany substituted Clemens Arnold in goal with Christian Schulte, a specialist in defending penalty strokes, to defend the penalty stroke. Sohail went high to the right and Schulte deflected the stroke wide with his stick.

Bjorn Michel scored a field goal and converted a penalty corner to have Germany ahead 3-0 at the break from only four shots on goal in the first half.

Florian Kunz for Germany and Sohail each failed with penalty corner attempts early in the second half but it was Kunz who found form with two penalty corner conversions in the 52nd and 57th minutes to have Pakistan reeling at 5-0.

With Pakistan's defence reeling, Christoph Bechmann sealed the rout, scoring Germany's sixth goal three minutes from time.

Meanwhile, hosts Netherlands started their campaign on a bright note with a 2-0 victory over India on Sunday. They led 1-0 at half-time through de Nooijer's goal in the 30th minute. R. Brouwer doubled the tally four minutes after resumption.-AFP