Dhe Hamburger SV suffered another point loss in the fight to return to the Bundesliga. Coach Tim Walter’s team only scored 1: 1 (0: 1) at Erzgebirge Aue on matchday nine, despite being outnumbered, and missed a win for the second time in a row.
In front of 7750 fans, Antonio Jonjic (23rd minute) scored the surprising lead for Aue on Friday evening, Dirk Carlson (90th + 4) equalized with an own goal for HSV. After a foul on Sonny Kittel, Aues Soufiane Messeguem (69th) saw the red card.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever been more bitterly robbed of a victory. Dirk made an incredible game. We don’t deserve that, but nobody asks about it anymore, ”said defender Sören Gonther at Sky. In the end there should only be one winner. Martin Männel said: “At first you are frustrated. But if you watch the rest of the game calmly, there is plenty of reason to be optimistic over the next few weeks. “
HSV determined the beginning of the game, Robert Glatzel (9th) missed a good chance. Aue’s leadership turned out to be rather strange. John Patrick Strauss prevailed on the right wing and crossed into the center. There the unfortunate David wanted to clear the ball, but headed Jonjic. From the back of the attacker’s head, to everyone’s surprise, the ball flew into the Hamburg goal. Babacar Gueye (45th + 1) should also have made it 2-0, but his header passed the far post by inches.
After the change, HSV tried to control the game, but the best chance was initially a coincidence. An unsuccessful cross from Anssi Suonen (67th) just got hold of goalkeeper Martin Männel from Erzgebirge Aue. Two minutes later, after Messeguems was sent off, HSV was outnumbered, but didn’t get a single clear chance. With the last attack of the game, Doyle hit the crossbar from the left. The ball bounced off the crossbar to Carlson, whose unfortunate header into his own goal saved HSV a point.
Bremen wins confidently
A season record crowd of 30,000 spectators drove Werder Bremen to a convincing home win. After two sobering defeats against Dresden and HSV, the relegated team won 3-0 (0-0) against 1. FC Heidenheim. The three goals by Marco Friedl (50th), Marvin Ducksch (52nd) and an own goal by Denis Thomalla (64th) came within just 14 minutes.
“It’s balm on the wounds. I had the feeling that a lot has broken up with the Werder fans. We needed that, ”said coach Markus Anfang. Striker Ducksch spoke of an “absolute goose bumps atmosphere” on Sky. The mood was amazing, ”he said. “We wanted to give something back to the fans, we made it.”
The new edition of the two relegation duels from 2020 was the first game in German professional football since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in which a full stadium would theoretically have been allowed again. However, Bremen was also very lucky in front of their noisy fans. The use of video evidence meant that the alleged 1: 2 of Heidenheim was revoked again in the 54th minute.
In addition, the guests gave three clear opportunities to lead in the first half: Robert Leipertz after a solo run (23rd) and Denis Thomalla with a lob (44th) both failed to goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. Striker Tim Kleindienst hit the post with a nice diving header (38th). The Heidenheimers also looked bad when they conceded goals. Before the 0: 1 they left Friedl alone, the 0: 2 was preceded by a playing error by goalkeeper Kevin Müller.
After that, Werder played much more light-footed and more self-confident and came up with more opportunities. After the 0: 3, the Heidenheimers accepted their defeat and no longer had any significant chances or attacks.
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