23.04.2019
HSV defeated in semi-final
HSV were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal semi-final by Bundesliga side RB Leipzig despite a determined performance. Bakery Jatta scored Die Rothosen’s only goal of the game.
On Tuesday evening, HSV’s cup journey came to an end after they were defeated 3-1 by RB Leipzig. The third-placed top flight side took the lead through Youssuf Poulsen (12’) before being pegged back thanks to a fantastic Bakery Jatta goal in the 24th minute. In the second half, the away side showed their quality and opened up a two goal lead. Vasilije Janjicic’s own goal in the 53rd minute was followed by a strike from Emil Forsberg 19 minutes later, which proved to be the final goal of the game. Die Rothosen gave it everything and their efforts were rightly acknowledged by the crowd of over 50,000 at full time.
Khaled Narey and his teammates fought courageously in the first half.
(Kopie 6)
A fascinating first half…
Head coach Hannes Wolf made three changes to the side which faced FC Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday. Berkay Özcan dropped out of the squad whilst Gotoku Sakai and Manuel Wintzheimer were named on the bench. Josha Vagnoman, Gideon Jung and Pierre-Michel Lasogga returned to the starting XI in their place. In addition to the personnel changes, Wolf also made some tactical adjustments. His players adopted a flexible 3-5-2 system which became a 5-4-1 formation when out of possession. The head coach’s decision looked to be a wise one, as Die Rothosen began the game aggressively and remained secure against any Leipzig attacks. However, the visitors recorded the opening goal through a set-piece, as Youssuf Poulsen met a Leipzig corner and headed home in the twelfth minute. Just four minutes later, the visitors had the chance to double their lead but Poulsen and Marcel Sabitzer both struck the post in quick succession and HSV remained in the game. In the 24th minute, the home side found an equaliser. Bakery Jatta pressed high up the field and forced Kevin Kampl into a mistake, stole possession and after spotting Peter Gulacsi off his line, audaciously lobbed the Leipzig goalkeeper from around 30 metres. It was a fantastic show of determination and skill from the Gambian and lit up the Volksparkstadion. Spurred on by the brilliant support, Die Rothosen gave a gritty performance for the rest of the half to keep the ball away from their own goal and look for a second. Winger Khaled Narey had a chance to fire HSV into the lead, but needed just a little bit more luck and couldn’t find the net with his two efforts, and the two sides went into half time with nothing to split them.
The Bundesliga side were a step ahead of HSV in the second half.
(Kopie 7)
… and the visitors dominant in the second.
After the break, Hamburg continued to defend courageously and the home fans were behind them every minute. However, in the 53rd minute the visitors regained their lead, as Vasilije Janjicic’s attempted clearance from Poulsen’s cross ended up in the HSV goal. However, Die Rothosen dealt with the setback well and managed to keep Leipzig at bay. As a result, much of the game was played in the centre of the field and scoring opportunities were limited at both ends of the field. Emil Forsberg had the chance to increase the lead, but struck the crossbar with his effort in the 69th minute. Three minutes later, the Swede had another chance and this time converted successfully. From the edge of the area, Forsberg fired home into the bottom corner and the visitors led by two. HSV lacked the means to turn around a two goal deficit, and the Bundesliga side showed their quality. The visitors were clever in their play and saw out the victory in a calm fashion. A committed Hamburg performance was worthy of praise, but the quality of the opponents proved too much and saw Leipzig advance to the final, which will be held in Berlin on 25th May.
Match facts:
Hamburger SV:
Pollersbeck - Lacroix, Janjicic (73‘ Hunt), van Drongelen - Jatta, Jung, Mangala (79’ Holtby), Douglas, Vagnoman (69’ Hwang) - Narey, Lasogga
RB Leipzig:
Gulacsi - Klostermann, Konaté, Orban, Halstenberg - Laimer, Kampl (90‘ Demme) - Sabitzer (90‘ Haidara), Forsberg (73‘ Mukiele) - Y. Poulsen, Ti. Werner
Goals:
0-1 Poulsen (12‘), 1-1 Jatta (24‘), 1-2 Janjicic (OG, 53‘), 1-3 Forsberg (72‘)
Attendance:
52,365
Referee:
Dr. Felix Brych (München)
Yellow cards:
- / Orban (58‘)
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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