20.01.2018
HSV beaten 2-0 by Köln
A relegation six-pointer against 1. FC Köln ended in defeat for HSV on Saturday evening, as the Billy Goats left Hamburg 2-0 winners.
Matchday 19 delivered a painful setback in the relegation battle for Hamburger SV. The Rothosen welcomed bottom-side Köln to the Volksparkstadion for Saturday’s late kick-off and while Markus Gisdol’s men made a good start, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock through Simon Terodde. Despite a couple of good chances to level the scores, Köln’s new signing also added a second after the break to put the game out of HSV’s reach.
Filip Kostic & Co. weren’t able to take their early chances in the first half
TERODDE STRIKES FIRST…
Markus Gisdol changed things up after the frustrating 1-0 defeat in Augsburg to kick off 2018. He returned to his familiar 4-2-3-1 formation and made two changes to the starting line-up. A fit-again Aaron Hunt came in for Sejad Salihovic on the right flank, while Lewis Holtby was also given the nod after recovering from his knee injury. That meant Bobby Wood missed out, paving the way for André Hahn to lead the line. The changes seemed to have an effect in the early stages, with HSV linking up well going forward. Hahn, Dennis Diekmeier and Filip Kostic all had chances to score in the opening exchanges, but there was no way past goalkeeper Timo Horn. Köln’s defensive unit steadily began to get the Hamburg attack under wraps and their teammates started poking holes at the other end. Yuya Osaka was looking a particular threat on the counter, although he played a crucial part in the set-piece that provided the opening goal in the 27th minute. Milos Jojic’s corner was flicked on at the near post by the Japanese forward, allowing Simon Terodde to force the ball over the line from within the six-yard box. The goal hit Hamburg hard, and it took until just before the half-time whistle to offer a response, but again Kostic was kept at bay by the impressive Horn.
HSV gave it everything they had again in the second half, but couldn’t force a goal
… AND ADDS A KILLER SECOND
The second half had a similar theme to the first; HSV continued to control possession and pushed Köln further and further back, but the chances didn’t follow. The away side waited to pounce on the counter and showed their clinical side once again in the 67th minute, as Terodde grabbed his second goal of the day, slotting a high ball underneath the on-rushing Julian Pollersbeck with a first-time finish. Gisdol’s search of a way back into the game saw him introduce the fresh legs of both Bobby Wood and Tatsuya Ito, but his side gave off the impression that Köln’s two-goal advantage was too great of a deficit to turnaround. Hunt’s free-kick onto the corner of the woodwork was the only significant chance for HSV as Köln saw out their 2-0 lead to close the gap to safety.
MATCH FACTS:
Hamburger SV:
Pollersbeck - Diekmeier, Papadopoulos, Mavraj, Douglas - Janjicic (66’ Wood), Jung - Holtby (77’ Ito), Hunt, Kostic - Hahn
1. FC Köln:
Horn - Sörensen, Jorge Mere, Heintz, Hector - Höger - S. Özcan - Clemens (78’ Klünter), Jojic - Osako (64’ Lehmann), Terodde
Goals:
0-1 Terodde (27’), 0-2 (Terodde 67’)
Attendance:
52,647
Referee:
Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
Yellow cards:
Papadopoulos, Jung, Janjicic / Sörensen, Hector, Mere
No show from HSV
HSV head coach Markus Gisdol was forced into changing his team ahead of the trip south. Long term injured first choice keeper Adler was still recovering from a broken rib before his understudy Mathenia also got injured and was ruled out of the matchday 31 encounter. Up stepped under-21 stopper Mikel to the fray. Key winger Kostic who scored the only goal of the game between the two sides on matchday 14 was suspended so his place went to Austrian Gregoritsch. Ostrzolek got the nod at left back ahead of Douglas Santos while Walace replaced Jung in defensive midfield. Gisdol made four changes in all to the side which lost 1-2 at home to relegation certainties Darmstadt last time out. The new-look formation struggled early on. Augsburg created three top scoring opportunities within the opening 20 minutes. New keeper Mikel managed to keep out efforts by Kohr and Schmid and was grateful to be able to watch a Stafylidis free kick fizz narrowly wide of target. On 22 minutes the visitors were in luck again as an Altintop effort struck the left hand post with Mikel beaten. It seemed to the capacity crowd including yet another sold out contingent of travelling HSV faithful that it weould only be a matter of time before the home side would break the deadlock and they did as Altintop rounded off two counter attacks on 28 and 41 minutes to make the halftime score 2-0 to Augsburg. Mickel was powerless on both occasions and was HSV’s best man before the break.
Deserved defeat
Lasogga came on for Gregoritsch and Jung replaced Walace at the start of the second half as Gisdol opted for a two-pronged attack. Later Jatta replaced Ostrzolek. The ploy simply didn’t work as the Rothosen had more of the ball than in the previous half but were completely harmless in front of goal. Augsburg played a much more intelligent game and struck the woodwork again through Baier. That superior intelligence was underlined late on as Augsburg struck twice through Max and substitute Bobadilla (76., 85.). It was game over for HSV who failed to threaten until the 84th minute for Lasogga and Wood to miss chances. It was simply not good enough and the Rothosen remain just one point above the relegation play off spot in the table. Matchday 22 sees Gisdol and Co. host Mainz who are level on points but two places better due to a superior goal difference. Only a win will do as the teams lock horns at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg next Sunday (07.05.17, 3.30 PM).
Match details:
FC Augsburg:
Hitz - Verhaegh, Gouweleeuw, Hinteregger, Stafylidis - Kohr, D. Baier (88. Callsen-Bracker) - Schmid, Halil Altintop (80. Bobadilla), Max (87. Ji) - Finnbogason
HSV:
Mickel - Diekmeier, K. Papadopoulos, Mavraj, Ostrzolek (63. Jatta) - Sakai, Walace (46. Jung) - Gregoritsch (46. Lasogga), Holtby, Hunt - Wood
Goals:
1:0 Altintop (28.), 2:0 Altintop (41.), 3:0 Max (76.), 4:0 Bobadilla (85.)
Booked:
Baier (48.) / Mavraj (33.), Gregoritsch (44.), Ostrzolek (51.), Holtby (72.)
Referee:
Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Att:
30.660 (sold out)
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