Friendly against Salzburg ends in 4-1 defeat

More than 1,000 fans were in attendance as Hamburger SV lost 4-1 to Red Bull Salzburg in the second friendly of their training camp in Austria on Saturday morning (15th July).

Playing in front of chairman Jonas Boldt and club manager Bernd Wehmeyer in around 30-degree heat, HSV made a good start to the game. Donning their brand-new away kit, Levin Öztunali made a breakthrough on the left flank, but his cross into the centre didn’t find anyone (3’). Debutant Dennis Hadzikadunic and captain Ludovit Reis both stuck out a leg to extinguish the first Salzburg attack (6’), but keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes was helpless just two minutes later when Karim Konate, who found himself in acres of space in the penalty box, converted a cross that came in from the left to make it 1-0 to the Austrian champions (8’). Shortly afterwards, Salzburg combined well up the right flank and put their next cross into box, which Hadzikadunic unfortunately deflected into his own net for 2-0 (13’). Jonas Meffert and his teammates then tried to calm things down, but a sensational long-range effort from Amankwah Forson curled into the left corner as Salzburg scored their third right in the middle of the first half (23’). Despite the unfavourable scoreline, HSV didn’t give up and capitalised on a defensive error from Salzburg as Immanuel Pherai got one back for die Rothosen (31’). Konate then hit the post from close range at the other end (35’) and Moritz Heyer tried his luck from distance (43’) in what were the final two highlights of the first half.