Steffen Baumgart also has to leave as HSV coach because he had undercut the points tally of his predecessors. Sports director Stefan Kuntz now has to find a new coach – and the club has already tried almost all coach profiles.
How bad the evening was was evident from numerous incidents. In keeping with the onset of winter, the Hamburg players remained frozen in the center circle after the final whistle. From their point of view, any other approach would not have been advisable because every step towards the north stand, the atmosphere center in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion, would have had a negative impact on the noise level. Because the mood of the fans was, well, expandable.
