Glatzel’s brace gives HSV the perfect start to the season
Hamburger SV wins at Eintracht Braunschweig and celebrates a perfect start to the season. Winning the promoted team is flattering. In the end, however, HSV can rely on its goalscorer from the previous season. The first match day of the second division at a glance.
Dhe big promotion favorite Hamburger SV started the new second division season with a flattering away win. With two goals from Robert Glatzel (67th/76th minute), HSV won 2-0 (0-0) against newly promoted Eintracht Braunschweig. In front of 21,900 spectators, the Lower Saxony missed a number of great chances, especially in the first half.
HSV, on the other hand, disappointed almost all high expectations and for a long time was most noticed by the repeated firing of flares in the guest fan block. The north derby started late because the players first had to clear the remains of the fireworks from the lawn.
HSV starts its mission of promotion to the Bundesliga with an away win
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Hamburg began the season with just two newcomers in the starting XI: Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer up front and Laszlo Benes in midfield. The advantage of this occupation: Actually, the team should be more coordinated than all other teams in the league. The downside: Everyone there has slowly adapted to the HSV style.
And so, in the first half alone, Braunschweig missed six big chances according to almost the same pattern: winning the ball in their own half, through the ball forward, good final position in front of goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes. Fabio Kaufmann (3rd/32nd), Jan Hendrik Marx (11th), Lion Lauberbach (14th/20th) and Philipp Strompf (45th) each had an overdue Eintracht lead on their heads and on their feet. The Hamburgers neither prevented such situations nor did they catch up with the counterattacks.
Despite having a lot of ball possession, HSV only had a few chances to score. However, the favorite built up increasing pressure after the next Braunschweig chances (57th/64th). In the end he had a goalscorer and merciless efficiency ahead of Eintracht. A penalty for Braunschweig was also taken back after video evidence (81st).
SC Paderborn – Karlsruher SC 5:0
SC Paderborn started the new season with a brilliant home win and is first in the table. Thanks to an outstanding second half, East Westphalia won 5-0 (0-0) against Karlsruher SC and celebrated the long-awaited success in their own stadium.
After a weak first half, Florent Muslija scored the deserved success of Paderborn with a penalty kick (56th), Robert Leipertz (65th), Julian Justvan, Felix Platte (72nd) and Sirlord Conteh (75th) in front of 9399 spectators literally rolled over the declining KSC at the end.
Hansa Rostock – FC Heidenheim 0:1
1. FC Heidenheim got off to a successful start in the new season. In the guest appearance at FC Hansa Rostock, the team of long-time successful coach Frank Schmidt won 1-0 (0-0), but not undeservedly.
In front of 24,000 spectators in the Ostseestadion, Stefan Schimmer scored the winning goal in the 50th minute for the guests, who are among the extended group of favorites in the league. For the hosts, who did well last season as a promoted team and ultimately secured their place in the league, the defeat right at the start of the season was the first setback.
