1-1 home draw against 1. FC Nürnberg

Heuer Fernandes to the rescue

The second half continued in similar fashion in front of the 57,000 spectators: FCN pushed for a goal, but Heuer Fernandes refused to let them through. Within just ten minutes of the restart, the Hamburg goalkeeper had denied Tzimas, Justvan and Emreli, not to mention Elfadli’s goal-line clearance against Tzimas. After Heuer Fernandes pulled off a double save against Emreli to rescue HSV once more on the hour-mark, Nürnberg had racked  up eight shots in the second half compared to the hosts’ one. Unfortunately, it was shot number nine that brought about the visitors’ inevitable equaliser in the 63rd minute. Emreli finished off another dangerous FCN attack led by Tzimas, picking out the top corner. It served as a wake-up call for Steffen Baumgart’s side though, who began putting up better resistance against Nürnberg’s charge and started to create a few chances of their own. Selke and Balde both had decent opportunities, but didn’t come quite as close to a winner as Richter in the 83rd minute, whose thunderous strike had goalkeeper Reichert beaten only to crash back off the post. Neither team was content to with just a point going into the closing stages, and it was Hamburg who had the final chance through Perrin’s shot into the side netting, but in the end, both sides had to settle for a 1-1 draw.