3:1 - HSV celebrate home win against Regensburg

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HSV coach Walter had changed the system a bit and had his team play with a three-man backline plus a midfield diamond behind the three-man attack Königsdörffer/Glatzel/Dompé. And the latter had the first chance in the fourth minute after a beautiful individual action by Reis, whose contract extension had been announced directly before the game, but was blocked just before the line. In general, HSV started very lively against Regensburg, who were standing deep, but this momentum was dampened in the eighth minute.

Caliskaner ran down a quick counter-attack by the visitors and executed it ice-cold to make it 0:1. But the Reds didn't let that take away their momentum, they continued towards the SSV box - with success: Only four minutes later, Vuskovic scored with a fantastic shot from 25 metres to make it 1:1. And it went on just as wildly. Heuer Fernandes had to save twice from Albers and Caliskaner in the greatest of emergencies, while on the other side Vuskovic and Königsdörffer again missed the next goal - and at this point less than half an hour had been played. All in all, however, HSV was the team that set the tone, put more and more pressure on the visitors, who continued to lurk on the counterattack, and as a result Kittel scored twice, both of which went just wide of the left-hand post. In addition, there were plenty of goalmouth scenes, but they always lacked a few centimetres of luck, so that it went into half-time with the score at 1-1.