Hannover 96 won 4:3 (3:1) at HSV in a tough northern duel in the 2nd Bundesliga on Friday evening. But the sporting spectacle took a back seat in the face of hateful posters and other fan protests in the stands – and was almost canceled.
Initially, HSV supporters made their mark in the dispute with the DFL over investor entry. After the break, objects flew into the guests’ penalty area several times. Then masked people from the fan block attached five bicycle locks to the goal posts, which had to be removed with the Flex.
After just under an hour, the visiting fans got going – and caused a scandal. Some posters against the entry of investors were unrolled in the block. These included hateful ones that, among other things, showed the head of 96 managing director Martin Kind in the crosshairs.
Referee Sören Storks interrupted the game. And because all the efforts of the 96 players and those responsible, who all made their way into the corner, were unsuccessful, Storks sent the teams into the dressing room. The game seemed to be about to be abandoned, but after around 25 minutes the banners were rolled up. But the action will certainly have legal repercussions. This is shown by the case of Dietmar Hopp, who was also targeted by fans. In 2020, the police began an investigation “on suspicion of threats in connection with a banner and a portrait poster.”
96 coach Leitl: “Football belongs to us footballers too”
“We distance ourselves from what happened today,” said Hanover coach Stefan Leitl. “That had no place in the football stadium. Today the protest reached a limit where the game was about to be canceled and of course nobody wants that.” The fans would rightly say that football belongs to them. “But football belongs to us as footballers too. That’s why they should let us play,” said the ex-professional, who would have preferred to just talk about his team’s “incredibly good game” in a duel in which both teams were sportingly different “demanded everything”.
Mats Nickelsen, Sportschau, February 9th, 2024 9:32 p.m
Hannover with a strong first half
A northern duel that had previously been racy became completely irrelevant. In a wild first half, Nicolo Tresoldi headed the guests into the lead early on after a corner (11th). And after an own goal from Hamburg’s Guilherme Ramos (21st), the score was 0-2. Matheo Raab, who was surprisingly in goal for regular goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, had no chance of defending.
After a nice goal from Laszlo Benes, the Hamburg team briefly sensed a sense of fresh air (24th), but quickly fell behind again with two goals: Louis Schaub made it 3-1 for the guests (32nd). After the suspension of defense chief Marcel Halstenberg and Derrick Köhn’s last-minute move to Turkey, very few people would have expected the guests to have such a performance.
HSV comes back and loses after two sendings off
Many HSV fans whistled farewell to their team during the break and then delayed the restart by a good ten minutes with their actions. The HSV players obviously didn’t mind. Less than two minutes had been played when Dennis Hadzikadunic, who had just come on as a substitute, made it 2-3. In which direction would the game tip now? At first it came to a complete standstill because the 96 supporters hadn’t come to the Volkspark (just) for the game.
Match statistics Hamburger SV – Hannover 96
Matchday 21, February 9, 2024 6:30 p.m
| Hamburger SV | 3 |
|---|---|
| Hannover 96 | 4 |
Gates:
- 0:1 Tresoldi (11.)
- 0:2 Ramos (21st, own goal)
- 1:2 Benes (24.)
- 1:3 Schaub (32.)
- 2:3 Hadzikadunic (47.)
- 3:3 Glatzel (86.)
- 3:4 S. Ernst (90. +8)
Hamburger SV: Raab – Van der Brempt (90th + 13 Königsdörffer), Ramos, Ambrosius (46th Hadzikadunic), Muheim – Meffert, Pherai, Benes – Jatta, Glatzel (90th + 3 Németh), Dompé (90th + 4 L. Reis )
Hannover 96: Zieler – Muroya (90th+14 Börner), Neumann, Arrey-Mbi, Dehm – F. Kunze, Leopold, Schaub (83rd Voglsammer), S. Ernst (90th+14 Christiansen) – Tresoldi (90th+3 Teuchert ), Nielsen
Viewers: 57000 (sold out)
After that, things could finally continue on the pitch – and how: First Robert Glatzel scored after a corner to make it 3-3 (86th). Then Hamburg’s Benes saw the red card according to video evidence (88th). And it wasn’t over yet: Although the game time had also been stopped because of what happened in the visitors’ block, a whopping 16 minutes of added time were shown.
Given the table constellation, ten Hamburgers were also playing for a win. But the guests took advantage of this coldly. Sebastian Ernst scored the guests victory in the eighth minute of stoppage time. The final point was inadvertently set by Hadzikadunic, who had to leave the field with a yellow-red card (90th + 16th).
The result is a bitter setback in the promotion race for Hamburg, who lost their third home game in a row. With their third win in a row, 96 now has a say in the top spots again. “We worked brutally intensively during the winter break. The boys are currently rewarding themselves,” said 96 coach Leitl happily.
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ONE | Sports show | Feb 9, 2024 | 10:30 p.m
