Eight goals on Sunday
Hamburger SV, the favorites for promotion, started the new second division season with a flattering away win. With two goals from Robert Glatzel (67th/76th minute), HSV won 2-0 (0-0) against newly promoted Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday. In front of 21,900 spectators, the Lower Saxony missed a number of great chances, especially in the first half. HSV, on the other hand, disappointed almost all high expectations and for a long time was most noticed by the repeated firing of flares in the guest fan block. The north derby started late because the players first had to clear the remains of the fireworks from the pitch.
Hamburg began the season with just two newcomers in the starting XI: Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer up front and Laszlo Benes in midfield. The advantage of this occupation: Actually, the team should be more coordinated than all other teams in the league. The downside: Everyone there has slowly adapted to the HSV style. And so, in the first half alone, Braunschweig missed six big chances according to almost the same pattern: winning the ball in their own half, through the ball forward, good final position in front of goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes. Fabio Kaufmann (3rd/32nd), Jan Hendrik Marx (11th), Lion Lauberbach (14th/20th) and Philipp Strompf (45th) each had an overdue Eintracht lead on their heads and on their feet. The Hamburgers neither prevented such situations nor did they catch up with the counterattacks.
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Despite having a lot of ball possession, HSV only had a few chances to score. However, the favorite built up increasing pressure after the next Braunschweig chances (57th/64th). In the end he had a goalscorer and merciless efficiency ahead of Eintracht. A penalty for Braunschweig was also taken back after video evidence (81st).
2. Bundesliga: Good start for 1. FC Heidenheim at Hansa Rostock
1. FC Heidenheim got off to a successful start in the new 2nd Bundesliga season. In the guest appearance at FC Hansa Rostock, the team of long-time successful coach Frank Schmidt won 1-0 (0-0) on Sunday, but not undeservedly. In front of 24,000 spectators in the Ostseestadion, Stefan Schimmer scored the winning goal in the 50th minute for the guests, who are among the extended group of favorites in the league. For the hosts, who did well last season as a promoted team and ultimately secured their place in the league, the defeat right at the start of the season was the first setback.
Both teams could not even begin to keep up with the ideal conditions with a magnificent backdrop and bright summer weather for half a period. Orderly ball relays were the exception, the players wore themselves out in duels between the two penalty areas. Schimmer’s opening goal finally brought some life into the game. The attacker left Hansa keeper Markus Kolke with a well-placed header in the lower right corner with no chance of defence. The home side tried to show a reaction. Hansa coach Jens Härtel also brought new offensive personnel. This could scarcely scare the stable defense of the guests.
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The first table leader of the new season is SC Paderborn, Ostwestfalen won 5-0 (0-0) against Karlsruher SC on Sunday and thus stormed into first place. The goals were scored by Florent Muslija, Robert Leipertz, Julian Justvan, Felix Platte and Sirlord Conteh.
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