After the 3:3 spectacle and the mega comeback against Heidenheim, HSV felt like the winner. Coach Tim Walter saw a symbol for “the new HSV”.
Hamburg – “Thank you for this football game” – with this sentence “Sky” expert Thorsten Mattuschka (42) should 3:3 spectacle between 1. FC Heidenheim and the HSV many fans spoke from the soul.
The duel between the two top teams lived up to the title “top game”. Although the two clubs shared the points, one team felt like the winners after the final whistle.
In the first 45 minutes, the Rothosen showed what was possibly their weakest game of the season so far, and sometimes let themselves be dizzy when played by the strong hosts.
“The first round was bottomless, you have to say that clearly,” said Robert Glatzel (29) after the final whistle and coach Tim Walter (47) added: “In the first half we were just bad, except for the first ten minutes.”
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Consequently, the FCH led at the break with goals from Jan-Niklas Beste (24, 27th minute), Jan Schöppner (23, 30th) and Tim Kleindienst (27, 41st) deservedly 3-0 – the lead would have been even better can be higher!
“We weren’t awake, just lost the ball, didn’t accept the duels, lost a lot of header duels, and and and,” said trainer Walter, listing the failings of his team.
Coach Tim Walter sees the comeback as a symbol for “the new HSV”
But why was HSV allowed to feel like the winner after 90 minutes? Because the Hanseatic League put everything on one card in the second half, made offensive changes and were rewarded with three late goals.
After Heidenheim missed the fourth goal and thus the final decision several times, joker Andras Nemeth (20, 72nd minute) started the comeback with a header. Glatzel (79th) and Bakery Jatta (24th, 88th) finally made the mega comeback perfect.
“The fact that we ended up playing 3-3 in a game that lasted 70 minutes is unbelievable,” summed up captain Sebastian Schonlau (28) aptly. Goalscorer Glatzel agreed: “We just didn’t give up and it’s amazing that we’re coming back like this.”
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For Walter, the comeback was even a symbol of “the new HSV”: “We never stop. We believe in ourselves to the end and we impressively demonstrated that today.”
Finally, expert Mattuschka made the prediction that this comeback in Heidenheim could unleash something at HSV – something that would ultimately lead to promotion to the Bundesliga leads?