The Baumgart effect seems to have completely fizzled out at HSV after just three games. The traditional club lost the second game in a row against Düsseldorf.
Hamburger SV continues to fear promotion to the Bundesliga. In the top duel on the 25th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga, the team of coach Steffen Baumgart, who was hired at the end of February, lost 0:2 (0:1) at Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Hansa Rostock has now gained some breathing room in the relegation battle. The North Germans won 0-1 at their direct rival Eintracht Braunschweig and thus pushed BTSV out of relegation place 16.
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Hamburger SV 2:0 (1:0)
In front of 52,000 spectators in the sold-out Düsseldorf Arena, the second division third-place team from Hamburg weakened itself. Substitute Moritz Heyer, who came on after just under a quarter of an hour for the injured Noah Katterbach, was on the pitch for less than 40 minutes and already saw action in the 51st minute . Minute yellow-red.
As a result, Heyer missed both goals conceded on the field, in which the offensively outstanding Fortuna attacker Christos Tzolis was involved: The loanee from the English second division team Norwich City prepared Felix Klaus’ first Düsseldorf goal (11th) brilliantly and made it 2-0 against the now decimated guests themselves (63.). This was the Greek’s 14th goal of the season. In the final phase, Düsseldorf missed further great opportunities.
For HSV coach Baumgart, who was visibly struggling with his team’s performance on the sidelines during the game, it was the second defeat in his third game despite the return of László Bénes, who had previously been suspended.
As a result, Fortuna moved within one point of Hamburg with only their second win this year. HSV could be pushed out of the relegation place as early as Saturday. In addition, the gap to a direct promotion place threatens to grow to five points.
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hansa Rostock 0:1 (0:0)
Kevin Schumacher scored in the 72nd minute for Rostock, who were much better, especially in the first half. In doing so, he probably saved his coach Mersad Selimbegović’s job for the time being.
The game in front of 22,233 spectators began with fireworks in the Hansa block and counteracted all the developments of the past few weeks. Eintracht, who previously won six of twelve games under their new coach Daniel Scherning, was completely out of sorts this time. She played incorrectly, nervously and was lucky that the Icelandic Thorir Johann Helgason only saw a yellow card for his foul on Nico Neidhart in the 15th minute.
For Rostock, on the other hand, after just one win in the second half of the season, the job of coach Selimbegović and sports director Kristian Walter was already at stake. Nevertheless, Hansa clearly dominated the first half. The Swede Svante Ingelsson missed the best of several good opportunities when he shot against the crossbar (29th).
Eintracht improved in the second half, but only showed commitment and no danger. Hampus Finndell missed the only good chance in the 89th minute.