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Bankruptcy in Freiburg: Polzin criticizes referees
Updated 01/11/2026 – 07:36 amReading time: 4 minutes
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Sunday, January 11th. 2026
The Hamburger SV After the 1:2 in Freiburg, he is not only struggling with the next missed away win, but also with the referee. Coach Merlin Polzin was particularly critical of the way the second goal was conceded and called it a clear foul involving elbow use. For him, it’s less about the mistake itself than how to deal with it – he would have liked an admission of the wrong decision. The HSV They are still waiting for their first away win since returning to the Bundesliga.
In addition, Hamburg weakened itself again: With the yellow-red card for Daniel Elfadli, HSV received its sixth expulsion of the season. The team does not see a fundamental discipline problem, but admits that outnumbered situations make the task significantly more difficult. In Freiburg there were early problems in the initial phase, which put an additional strain on the performance.
Hamburger SV still has to wait for its first away win of the season. Despite Luka Vuskovic taking the lead shortly after the break, the promoted team lost 2-1 at SC Freiburg. The equalizer came a little later with a penalty kick from Vincenzo Grifo – in the same scene Daniel Elfadli was shown a yellow-red card, so that HSV had to play outnumbered for almost half.
Being outnumbered, Hamburg resisted defeat for a long time, but was unable to fend off Freiburg’s pressure until the end. Joker Igor Matanovic scored the decisive goal in the 83rd minute. While HSV is stuck in the lower midfield of the table, it once again missed the chance to make an exclamation mark away from home.
HSV doesn’t play in Freiburg until Saturday (3:30 p.m.), but numerous fans have already made the journey south. Because the railway stopped all long-distance traffic in the north as a result of the storm “Elli”, some fans were stranded in Hanover.
This didn’t dampen her good mood. They were well fed on the train, “with the on-board bistro and the crate of beer we have with us – or several crates of beer,” one of the fans told dpa. They hoped that they would “somehow get to Freiburg. Even if it was midnight sometime.”
Thursday, January 8, 2026
As expected, substitute goalkeeper Daniel Peretz is leaving HSV after just six months. The club announced the departure on its channels on Thursday afternoon: “The 25-year-old’s loan contract, which would originally have run until the end of the current 2025/26 season, has been terminated accordingly.”