High tension in the 2nd Bundesliga on Sunday: The top three have tricky tasks ahead of them. Decisions could be made. Summaries of all important games can be seen on Sunday evening from 7.15 p.m. in the sports show on the first.
People outside of Hamburg, whose character shows a certain tendency to malicious joy, should once again have a lot of fun with the course of the 2nd Bundesliga. It’s about HSV. The former Bundesliga Dino. Who has been “crawling around” in the second division for five years now. And has been one of the beaten summer after summer since then. Yes – to the humiliated almost.
It just doesn’t want to work with Hamburg’s return to the German elite league. As good as it always looked in autumn and winter – in early summer, the people of Hamburg always reliably gambled away all their chances.
HSV in Regensburg – feasible?
And? Does that happen again this time? At least there are some indications that it is. It will be very, very exciting to see how HSV performs in this regard this Sunday. Coach Tim Walter’s team will play against Jahn Regensburg on the third to last matchday. (From 1.30 p.m., live in the audio report at sportschau.de). A relegation candidate. Should be feasible – one thinks.
But be careful: HSV has only won one of their four games in Regensburg so far. In the last season. On matchday 31 (4:2). That didn’t help at the time – even this threesome didn’t help to get the hoped-for direct promotion. It seems as good as playful for the people of Hamburg this year.
“Don’t watch 2nd league”
They are currently four points behind the runners-up – 1. FC Heidenheim. Hamburg is now hoping to keep the relegation rank. So that in the end you can at least run against the third from bottom in the Bundesliga.
Meanwhile, Walter likes to polarize, he is emotional, sometimes provocative with a penchant for arrogance. “I never watch the second division,” he said in a recent interview. And after the 4-2 defeat in Karlsruhe and the insulting chants from the KSC attachments, he pamped: “Those who say ‘HSV, always second division’, don’t know that we’ll be playing in the first division next year.”
Heidenheim in Paderborn before the big hit
If Hamburg wins in Regensburg, 1. FC Heidenheim will be under pressure at the same time. The southern Germans play parallel away at SC Paderborn. (From 1.30 p.m., live in the radio report at sportschau.de). From a purely tabular point of view, it was a much greater challenge – the Paderborners were allowed to calculate a lot themselves in terms of promotion for a long time. But that is now passé.
After the 3-0 win in the first leg, the Heidenheimers travel to East Westphalia with good memories. “Paderborn has extreme quality in attack,” says coach Frank Schmidt. In the first duel of the season in November, however, his team “defended extremely well” and “tactically made an outstanding game.”
If Heidenheim in East Westphalia wins with a simultaneous defeat of HSV – then the corks can pop with the boys from Schmidt. Then, with a seven-point lead over their rivals and only two games left, HSV would no longer be able to catch them.
Darmstadt with the second match ball
The topic of promotion is not over at all at SV Darmstadt 98 either. Coach Torsten Lieberknecht’s team is stable and reliable and is enthroned at the top of the table at some distance.
The lilies missed their first match point for promotion last weekend when they lost 3-0 at home to FC St. Pauli. At Hannover 96 a lot should be possible on Sunday. (From 1.30 p.m., live in the radio report at sportschau.de). A three – and the Hessians have made the leap up.
By the way, Lieberknecht says he likes to watch the second division. Like almost all football games on TV – from the Bundesliga to the third division and also games from abroad.
Pictures from the games of “Super Sunday” in the second division are in the sports show in the first from 7:15 p.m.