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03.08.2018
HSV downed 3-0 by Holstein Kiel on opening day
HSV were stunned in their 2. Bundesliga opener, losing 3-0 to Holstein Kiel. After several missed chances in the first half, the visitors seized the opportunity in the to run out convincing winners.
Die Rothosen suffered a gut-wrenching defeat to Holstein Kiel in front of a sell-out crowd on the opening day of the 2018/19 season. The “Storks” from Kiel taught the hosts a lesson in how to finish after a series of wasted chances by HSV in the first half. Jonas Meffert put the visitors in front with a well-struck curling effort ten minutes into the second half, before David Kinsombi doubled Kiel’s lead in the 78th minute. The final blow came in the 90th minute through Mathias Honsak.
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HIGH-TEMPO START...
Christian Titz made just one change to the team that beat AS Monaco last week, with Tatsuya Ito coming into the starting XI for the injured captain Aaron Hunt. The Japanese winger proved a threat down the left-hand side with his quick dribbling and unpredictability. It took just three minutes for him to carve out the first chance of the game, as he paced down the left, before cutting inside on his right foot – his curling shot flying inches wide of the Kiel goal. The game continued at a high tempo, with further chances falling to Jairo (8’), Holtby (12’) and Narey (19’ & 35’). But HSV lacked a clinical edge struggled to make their dominance count. Instead of sitting back and defending, Kiel reacted positively to create chances of their own, though they were unable to penetrate a sturdy HSV defence. As the game progressed, Kiel assumed more and more control with the likes of Lee and Mathias Honsak, who was denied at point-blank range by a brave Sakai challenge, causing problems. Unchallenged at the next opportunity, Honsak fired narrowly wide of Julian Pollersbeck’s goal before the teams went in to the break on level terms.
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Clinical finishing pays off
Holstein Kiel flew out of the blocks in the second half with a double chance from Lee and Janni Luca Serra. The lead would have been theirs but for a stunning reflex save from Pollersbeck to clear off the line. At the other end, Narey tested Kiel keeper Kenneth Kronholm with a powerful strike, tipped over the bar. The moment proved a rare glimpse at goal in an otherwise nervy half for Die Rothosen and their profligacy in front of goal was soon punished when Kiel’s Jonas Meffert curled a strike past a helpless Pollersbeck into the top corner to make it 1-0. HSV coach Titz reacted by introducing Pierre-Michelle Lasogga. HSV probed with chances from Janjicic and Narey again, but lacked the clinical edge to level the scores. The sucker punch came from substitute David Kinsombi, who tapped into an empty net after a square ball across goal from Lee. HSV struggled to fight back and in the dying moments of the game, Honsak wrapped up a convincing win with a clinically-executed counter attack.
Match stats:
Hamburger SV:
Pollersbeck - Sakai, Bates (57' David), van Drongelen, Santos - Steinmann - Narey, Holtby, Janjicic (83' Moritz), Ito - Jairo (57' Lasogga)
Holstein Kiel:
Kronholm - Dehm (70' Herrmann), Schmidt, Wahl, J. van den Bergh - Mühling, Meffert - Schindler, J.-S. Lee (81' Mörschel), Honsak - Serra (70' Kinsombi)
Goals:
0-1 Meffert (56'), 0-2 Kinsombi (78'), Honsak (90')
Spectators:
57,000
Referee:
Marco Fritz (Korb)
Yellow cards:
Steinmann (71') / Meffert (3'), Lee (75'), Schmidt (87')
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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