HSV suffer 2-1 defeat at VfL Osnabrück

HSV take the lead through Glatzel...

HSV head coach Tim Walter had to do without the injured Muheim and Schonlau, as Heyer and Ramos came into the starting XI which saw HSV line up with four at the back. The back four were straight into the thick of it as Osnabrück made a lightning-fast start, with both Engelhardt and Gyamfi having chances in the first five minutes of the match. However, HSV mercifully struck back with their first real opportunity of the night: Jatta won the ball in midfield, Benes stylishly sent Glatzel on his way, and the latter chipped the ball over goalkeeper Grill, and over defender Ajdini who was hurrying to the goal line to keep out the effort, to make it 1-0 to HSV (12’). The hosts didn’t let the early goal get to them, though, and got right back into attacking mode which led to their equaliser just four minutes later. After Osnabrück forced HSV’s defence into giving the ball away, it eventually ended up at the feet of Engelhardt who slammed the ball home past Ramos and Heuer Fernandes to level the scores. And so, it was all square after a quarter of an hour, and with the scores still level at the half-hour mark, HSV would admit this scoreline served them well. This is because Osnabrück midfielder Wulff narrowly missed a chance to make it 2-1, which Gyamfi then went and did before the goal was disallowed for offside. In the first half, Osnabrück registered 11 shots on goal compared to just four for HSV, and one of these Osnabrück attempts that came in the final 15 minutes of the first half led to their second goal. Heuer Fernandes was able to keep out Tesche’s first effort, who was all alone in front of goal, but centre back Diakhite had followed up to tap home the rebound and give the hosts a 2-1 lead going into half time.