2:4 - HSV lose in Karlsruhe

A half of a game like in the wrong film ...

Compared to the convincing 3-0 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg (4 March), HSV head coach Tim Walter had to change his starting eleven in one position: Captain Sebastian Schonlau suffered an ankle injury during the training week and did not make it into the matchday squad, his position in central defence was taken by Moritz Heyer. Noah Katterbach, who was convincing against the club, was again given the starting eleven as a right-back. 

The newly formed four-man defence was directly tested with a few long balls in the opening phase, but initially withstood the pressure. At least until the 10th minute, when Paul Nebel gave the hosts the lead with the first chance of the game. The conceded goal visibly left its mark on the Redosen, which was deepened in the 17th minute. KSC midfielder Leon Jensen only had to push the ball over the line after an individual assist from former HSV player Mikkel Kaufmann and thus made the false start of Walter's charges perfect. Even after the two blows, HSV did not manage to turn the game around, instead the Karlsruhe side twice missed a possible decisive goal, with the aluminium even coming to the rescue of the Hamburg side, who were reeling in this phase. In the 32nd minute, however, any support came too late, because after another individual lapse in the HSV defence, Fabian Schleusener was able to mark the 3:0 from close range. This was the score going into the dressing room.