The Hamburger SV has shown in the battle for promotion in the 2nd Bundesliga can take the qualities.
The Hanseatic League fought their way back to 3:3 (0:3) in the top game at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday evening and thus maintained their four-point lead over third place in the table.
Jan-Niklas Beste (28th), Jan Schöppner (31st) and Tim Kleindienst (41st) gave the hosts a clear lead in the first half. Andras Nemeth (72′), Robert Glatzel (79′) and Bakery Jatta (89′) saved the Hamburg team, who had been disappointing for a long time, a point and thus a good position in the race to return to the top flight.
“I think it’s amazing that we didn’t give up. We threw everything forward, it feels like a win,” said Glatzel on “Sky”: “The first half was bottomless for us, we didn’t fight it at all. “
HSV started with a great opportunity: Glatzel hit the post with a long-range shot (8th). After that, the hosts literally overran the promotion favorites. The Hamburgers, who lost any overview on the defensive, could be happy at the break that they were “only” 0:3 behind.
In the second half, HSV went to work with much more commitment. But Heidenheim, who countered, had the better chances before substitute Nemeth and Glatzel made the game exciting again. The equalizer came shortly before the end.