Terodde at the double as HSV eke out win in Darmstadt

Terodde double quells Darmstadt fightback

The second half saw the Rothosen enjoy more of the ball yet still had difficulties breaking down the well-organised ranks of the Darmstadt defence. Despite controlling possession, it lasted until the 65th minute for the first shot in anger from the visitors in the second half, but Schuhen was able to gather Narey's long-distance shot at the second attempt. It was unsurprisingly a set piece that produced the first goal of the game, Serdar Dursun handling Aaron Hunt's free-kick in his own area, and Simon Terodde converting at the second attempt after Schuhen had parried his spot-kick. 

Darmstadt's task became all the more difficult fifteen minutes from time, Patrick Herrmann catching Jeremy Dudziak late and receiving his second yellow card of the match. The Lilies were unpeturbed, producing their best move of the game to equalise only five minutes later. Having seen little action for the first 70 minutes, the game had sprung into life in the final 20, the Rothosen going down the other end to put together their best move of the match to put themselves back in front. With an overload in attack, substitute Bobby Wood spread the ball out wide to Tim Leibold, who produced an inch-perfect cross for Simon Terodde, who made a trademark late run across his man to poke in at the near post in what turned out to be the last chance of the game in the 87th minute. It was by no means a classic performance from Hamburg, lacking creativity and shape for the first hour of the game, but they showed resilience and mettle to eke out a deserved win. Daniel Thioune will be hoping for a repeat on Tuesday night (kick-off 6:30pm CET) against Sandhausen at the Volksparkstadion.