Hamburg HSV exit in the DFB Cup
“That simply shouldn’t happen to a top team”
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HSV coach Tim Walter had to experience two late setbacks – and his team’s exit from the cup
Source: dpa
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HSV was dramatically eliminated from the DFB Cup in the round of 16. Twice the team lost their victory against Hertha BSC seconds before the end – and in addition to sporting glory, they also lost millions in income. Despite all the frustration, the coach and captain also see positive things.
Twice close to progressing, but in the end the Hamburger SV players were left with nothing but frustration. “I can not explain this. That simply shouldn’t happen to a top team,” said midfielder Jonas Meffert after the dramatic round of 16 exit in the DFB Cup at second division rivals Hertha BSC in Berlin. “I don’t know how we didn’t manage to win here.”
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Hamburg had led 2-1 until the 90th minute, then the outstanding Fabian Reese made it 2-2 and saved Berlin into extra time. Ransford Yeboah Königsdörffer (102nd) put the guests in the front again with his goal to make it 3-2. Again it wasn’t enough for the guests because Jonjoe Kenny equalized for Hertha seconds before the end. In the penalty shootout, only Königsdörffer was defeated by Berlin goalkeeper Tjark Ernst, while the hosts converted all five shots from the spot and won 5-3.
While the Berliners cheered and the financial managers of the capital club were able to look forward to receiving around 1.7 million euros for reaching the quarter-finals, the HSV players stood dejected on the grass in the cooling chamber at the Olympic Stadium.
Berlin’s Fabian Reese (r) scores in the penalty shootout to make it 5:3
Source: dpa
“It hurts a lot,” Meffert said. Cup goalkeeper Matheo Raab said: “It’s a defeat when you lead twice here and it looks like you’ll reach the next round and then you get a blow in the neck.” Penalty shootouts are a “fifty-fifty chance, We simply should have decided it beforehand.”
Nevertheless, some Hamburgers tried to take positive things from the game. Coach Tim Walter had changed his starting lineup to seven positions compared to last Friday’s city derby at FC St. Pauli (2:2).
Cheered on by around 15,000 traveling fans among the 59,000 spectators, the newly formed team managed to turn things around after the 0-1 lead by Reese (21st) by the break thanks to goals from Immanuel Pherai (31st) and Laszlo Benes (43rd). .). And the players also showed that the squad is well-staffed across the board.
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“Even though we are eliminated from the cup, we can take a lot with us,” said captain and head of defense Sebastian Schonlau, who played again for the first time since mid-September after his calf injury. “It was a decent game for us. There was a lot of fight and a lot of mentality involved. And we came back after being 0-1.”
Coach Walter was pragmatic. “In one situation we weren’t as consistent as we were half an hour before. Then that’s what happens,” said the 48-year-old about the late 3:3. “In penalty shootouts, football is a vabanque game. We had to experience that today.” But the way his team played gave him courage, he said. “But we need to reward ourselves more.”
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Walter’s team doesn’t have much time to express frustration. The 2nd Bundesliga against SC Paderborn continues on Saturday (1 p.m./Sky). Then the third place in the table will fight for promotion again. And HSV has not yet given up a point in its own stadium this season. City rivals FC Sankt Pauli, who moved into the cup quarter-finals with a win in Homburg and can now hope for a favorable draw, will play in Osnabrück on Saturday evening.
