As in the last Bundesliga duel
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As with the last duel in the Bundesliga, FC St. Pauli won the Hamburg city derby 2-0 (1-0) and for the time being after returning to the upper house. Adam Dwigala (19th minute) and Andréas Hountondji (60th) met for the Kiezkicker in the Volksparkstadion. The game was decided at the latest after the yellow-red card for Giorgi Gocholeishvili in the 77th minute.
At the last Bundesliga duel between the two clubs in February 2011, St. Pauli won 1-0 with a goal by Gerald Asamoah, but was then relegated. After the victory on Friday evening, the team of coach Alexander Blessin is at least one night with four points at the top of the table. The HSV remains goalless and with a counter in the lower half of the table.
The 57,000 spectators in the sold-out folk park station ensured a breathtaking derby atmosphere. Any successful tackling, every successful dribbling, every thrown out of their teams was frenetically celebrated by the respective fans.
On the lawn, both teams from the kick -off went intensively to the point – nicknities included. Both HSV coach Merlin Polzin and his colleague Blessin trust the same starting formations as at the start in Mönchengladbach (HSV) and against Borussia Dortmund (FC St. Pauli), where both teams came to a draw.
In the initial phase, the game took place especially in midfield. After a quarter of an hour, FC St. Pauli won an overweight. The HSV had nothing to oppose on the offensive. The playful defects were disclosed as in the preparation. With the first shot, the Kiez kickers also took the lead. After a corner kick, Dwigala prevailed against Miro Muheim and gave goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes no chance.
A little later the hosts were lucky when referee Christian Dingert ran a wrangling at the running duel between HSV defender Jordan Torunarigha and Hountondji against the St. Pauli striker. Otherwise Hountondji would have been through. Shortly before the break, Mathias Pereira Lage (41.) awarded the chance to 2-0.
After the break, the HSV initially put some impulses forward. And saw himself rewarded after four minutes. However, according to video evidence, the supposed equalizer by Ransdorf Königsdörffer (49th) was withdrawn due to a wafer tender apart from the shooter. Four minutes later, St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj had to intervene seriously for the first time after a Muheim free kick.
In the 56th minute, Polzin brought the HSV storm hopes Yussuf Poulsen and Jean-Luc Dompé. But they didn’t make the turn either. Rather, St. Pauli came to the second goal. According to the class pass from Joel Fujita, Hountondji ran alone for Heuer Fernandes and completed from an acute angle. When Gotscholeschwili had to get off the pitch, the guests came to further chances in excess, but could not use them.