Favorite papzen in the promotion race
HSV loses the next home game – Hanover shocked Cologne
Updated on April 27th, 2025 – 3:50 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
The HSV and the 1st FC Köln wanted to take a big step towards ascent on Sunday. But in the end of teams there were empty hands.
In the promotion race of the 2nd Bundesliga, Hamburger SV and the 1st FC Köln left springs on the 31st matchday. Both teams lost their games, the HSV lost at home against the KSC, Cologne in Hanover. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern again drove a home win against Schalke at the debut of coach Torsten Lieberknecht and can hope for third place in the table.
In the table, the two promotion favorites remain in the first two ranks, but now have less lead. The third Magdeburg had only played 1-1 in Berlin on Friday. Elversberg and Paderborn ranked fourth and five on Saturday (1-1).
Louy Ben Farhat with a precise right -hand shot (30th) and Marvin Wanitzek (45.+3) after video evidence, and disassembly triggers disillusionment in the fully packed Volkspark Stadium. In the meantime, Davie Selke offered a penalty to equalize that the attacker used to his 20th Sizeontor (42nd).
The pursuers had clung in the collective, so everything was done for the HSV. Before the kick-off, the club also announced the contract extension hoped for by the fans with dribbler Jean-Luc Dompé. But at the beginning of the game it became clear that the recent setbacks against Braunschweig (2: 4) and Schalke 04 (2: 2) had left their mark.
The KSC made life difficult for the less self -confident hosts from the start and earned the break. After the change, a reaction of the Hamburgers had to come – instead, the guests first offered opportunities for further hits, Ben Farhat met the post (50th). The HSV struggled, but the determination was missing into the final phase. Robert Glatzel also shot into the aluminum (81.).
Lars Gindorf (57.) met for the Hanoverians, who had separated from coach André Breitenreiter on Wednesday after only four months. It was the first success for 96 after four games without a win.
The numerous people who traveled with Cologne were in a party mood before the game, due to the red pyro smoke swaths from the away block, the game was kicked off with a three-minute start. The first dangerous chance then belonged to the hosts, who are currently being looked after by assistant coach Lars Barlemann, U19 coach Dirk Lottner and U17 coach Christian Schulz. Hyun-ju Lee put the ball past the goal on the left (8th).
The Cologneers acted rather passively at the beginning. Hanover had more of the game, FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe had to intervene several times in the first half. The hosts also got a better start to the second half, and Cologne also had to do less with a man after the dismissal of Paqarada (54.). Hannover used his advantage through Gindorf, Cologne tried to defend himself.
Daisuke Yokota (35th) and Ragnar Ache (77th) ended the negative series of the Palatinate, which had lost three times in succession before the release of Markus on Tuesday. The Schalke, who announced the farewell of Coach Kees van Wonderen at the end of the season, came only to compensate for the intermediate compensation by Moussa Sylla (61.). The lead over the danger zone for three games is nine points.