2:3 - HSV loses at 1. FC Magdeburg

Two goals disallowed ...

HSV coach Tim Walter had to change his starting eleven compared to the derby win, as Meffert was missing from the six-man position due to a yellow suspension. In any case, Walter had a lot of bloodletting to deal with, as Katterbach (cruciate ligament rupture) and Nemeth (ankle fracture) had recently suffered serious injuries and Mikelbrencis was also ill. It was all the more important that the wingers Jatta/Dompe, who were also injured after the derby, were fit just in time.

And it was the two strikers of the Red Shorts who had a great double chance in the 35th minute, which Magdeburg keeper Reimann, however, negated with an almost unbelievable reflex. This Hamburg attack had been the direct answer to FCM's 1:0 lead, which Kwarteng had scored three minutes earlier a little out of nowhere and after a quick counter-attack. Before that, HSV had been the dominating team after a wait-and-see start and had already cheered twice, but both goals after short corners in each case were disallowed for offside. And so the Rothosen suddenly found themselves behind, which did not reflect the course of the game. But the Walter team once again proved its ability to bounce back, continued to play forward, recorded important ball recoveries in counter-pressing through Glatzel and from one of them scored the equaliser through Kittel shortly before the break, which meant the 1-1 half-time score