Hamburg Two weeks before the city derby
How FC St. Pauli gets to know losing
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St.Pauli’s coach Fabian Hürzeler has to cope with the second defeat in a row
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After the second bankruptcy in a row, St. Pauli does not want to be disturbed. The direct competitors benefit from the unusual mini-series. Just not the city rivals HSV, who are now keen on Kiel.
Fabian Hürzeler didn’t want to be disturbed. After FC St. Pauli’s painful and, above all, surprising 3:4 (1:0) against SV Elversberg, the comfortable lead over the relegation place in the 2nd Bundesliga is melting away. “I am someone who thinks positively, who is an optimist and who has no doubts,” affirmed the 31-year-old coach. “We are still at the forefront, we still have everything in our own hands.”
Hamburg’s performance against the newly promoted team was one of the weakest of the season. The second defeat in a row and the first at the Millerntor Stadium in this second division season ensured that the neighborhood club Holstein did not push Kiel out of first place in the table again and now has to settle for second place for the time being. However, the distance is only one point.
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“I can only speak for myself. “I don’t care how the others play,” said midfielder Marcel Hartel. Hürzeler, who had to explain an unfortunate 1-2 loss in Karlsruhe last weekend, also said that the league was not designed to march through. “They are people, they are not machines,” the coach defended his players: “It won’t upset us that we have two defeats in a row.”
The goals from Johannes Eggestein (40th minute), Hartel (69th) and captain Jackson Irvine (90th + 3) were not enough, as the guests turned a deficit twice and proved that the sometimes scattered defense was having a more than bad day caught. “Of the four goals conceded, three can be clarified and solved simply through duels and individual behavior,” said Eggestein.
The second-place team is currently five points ahead of Fortuna Düsseldorf, who are third in the table and would therefore be in relegation. City rival Hamburger SV in fourth place is eight points away. HSV couldn’t get past a 2-2 draw in Magdeburg – and therefore couldn’t take advantage of the neighborhood club’s slip-up.
The ball from Hamburg’s Sebastian Schonlau lands in the goal to make it 1:2. The equalizer came later
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The Hamburg team tried to gain a point when they were outnumbered by Magdeburg, who were threatened with relegation, by pointing to their mentality after being 2-0 down at the break. “We kept going, no matter how hopeless the situation was,” said HSV captain Sebastian Schonlau. According to the central defender, the manner shows “what we are made of”. “We want to take that with us into the last five games,” said Schonlau.
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I’ve already seen something happen with four points and two games,” said Schonlau. So you keep believing. Coach Steffen Baumgart particularly liked the fact that his team now seems to understand him when it comes to passion. “Then I say, these are my boys,” praised the coach. On Saturday (8:30 p.m.) league leaders Holstein Kiel come to Hamburg. “Then we have the chance to prove it,” said midfielder Jonas Meffert.
In these games in the crucial phase of the season, the Hamburg derby between HSV and St. Pauli takes place in just under two weeks. Until then, the two losers of this second division matchday want to get a better handle on their recent problems. “As a collective, we have to get over the borders, not to the borders,” said St. Paulis Hürzeler and added: “And we haven’t managed that twice in a row, but we will work on it.”
