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Prince Harry lost a penalty shootout with Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on German television on Saturday, without scoring a single goal.
The Duke of Sussex, who was in Dusseldorf to open the Invictus Games, took on Pistorius and two athletes in the shootout on German late-night television.
Harry failed to convert any of his six shots into a modified goal, including two openings that allowed players to score in the absence of a goalkeeper.
Prince Harry, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Angelo Anderson and Jens Niemeyer take up the challenge at the goal wall of Sportstudio. pic.twitter.com/d4xQnIRbwE
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Pistorius, a former sports minister in the German state of Lower Saxony, converted two of his six attempts.
After promising to wear a Germany shirt if he lost the shootout, Harry donned a scarf from Bundesliga side Mainz when a Nationalmannschaft kit could not be found.
The Duke put on the scarf and smiled as the crowd cheered. Mainz is the former club of current Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
The show took place after Germany’s shock 4-1 loss to Japan and Harry joked to the victorious Pistorius “you could manage the national team”.
The defense secretary quipped back: “I have enough problems.”
Prince Harry, who served in the army in Afghanistan, founded the Invictus Games in 2014 for wounded, injured and sick soldiers.
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