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HSV fails in the cup semi-final on Werder Bremen
Updated on 24.03.2025 – 05:12 a.m.Reading time: 4 min.
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In front of the impressive record set of 57,000 spectators in the sold-out folk park stadium, Hamburger SV lost the trophy semi-final against Werder Bremen with 1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1) after extra time despite the great fighting spirit. The second division team delivered a gripping fight to the Bundesliga club from Bremen and played outnumbered from the 54th minute after a yellow-red card against Werder defender Saskia Matheis, but was in the 81st minute due to an unfortunate mistake by HSV goalkeeper Inga Schuldt.
HSV captain Sarah Stöckmann achieved the much-celebrated equalization in the 89th minute, who forced the extension. The Volksparkstadion trembled, but in the extension it was again the Bremen women who took the lead again through Sophie Weidau (117th). Verena again (120.+1) made everything clear. Despite the defeat, the HSV wrote history with the viewer record of 57,000 fans – so many people have never attended a women’s football game in German club football.
Coach Merlin Polzin goes with a good feeling in the season’s sprint of the 2nd Bundesliga. After the 3-0 in the test game against Phönix Lübeck, the leaders’ focus is on the final phase of the season. The HSV coach has a great strength with his team.
Because: In Robert Glatzel, Davie Selke, Ransford Königsdörffer and Otto Stange, the coach of the “Rothosen” for the final sprint is open to many options in attack. “This is definitely a great strength,” says Polzin. “I don’t want to be the defender who has worked on one of our strikers for 70 minutes and thinks that it will soon be done – and then the next one will come into play.”
Glatzel had recently given his comeback after about five months of injury. In the test game against fourth division Lübeck, he scored with a penalty.
On Sunday there is a historic moment in German women’s football in the Volksparkstadion: The DFB Cup semi-final between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen will be held in front of 57,000 spectators-as many as never before in a club game in Germany.
The duel of the North Rivals has been sold out for weeks and surpasses the previous record from the cup final 2024 in Cologne by more than 12,000 fans. “The news actually went around the world. This is exactly what women’s football needs to take the next steps,” said HSV board member Eric Huwer, according to the “Süddeutscher Zeitung”.
The focus is not only on the focus of the game – it should also show that a traditional rivalry without hatred and rioting is also possible. “I don’t think it plays so big in women’s football. It’s a bit more familiar,” said Werder player Larissa Mühlhaus, who was born in Hamburg and is now running for Bremen. The great interest in the game is seen as a signal for the growing importance of women’s football.
The handball Bundesliga club HSV Hamburg has extended the contract with right winger Frederik Bo Andersen prematurely. As the club announced before the home game against MT Melsungen, the 26-year-old Dane remains with the Hamburgers until the end of the 2027/28 season. Bo Andersen has been a reliable support on the right outer track since moving to HSV.
In the subsequent Bundesliga game, HSV Hamburg celebrated a surprising 42:32 (19:17) home win against the top club MT Melsungen. Despite personnel bottlenecks-El-Tayar, Ilic and Axmann were missing from the Hamburgers-the team of coach Torsten Jansen showed a strong performance. The best thrower of the hosts was Moritz Sauter with nine goals.