HSV hit Stuttgart for six

Fein puts the icing on the cake

Stuttgart came out of the break with intent, and should have reduced the deficit again when Klement blazed over the bar from ten yards out. Stuttgart's profligacy was punished a few moments later, as Hamburg moved into a three goal lead, without having threatened up until that point in the second period. Sonny Kittel's corner from left-hand side was flicked on at the near post by Gideon Jung and substitute Gonzalo Castro could only head into his own net from four yards out. Yet the three-goal lead lasted barely five minutes, as a shot from Klement from the edge of the box was deflected. The ball landed at the feet of the onrushing Gonzalo Castro, who squared to Wamangituka, who merely had to pass into the empty net from four yards out.

The hosts were lucky that VfB didn't get a third two minutes later, as a Stuttgart goal was disallowed due to an arm in the build-up from González. And, having looked like it would be a squeaky last final quarter of an hour, Hamburg restored the three-goal lead, once again through a lightning fast counter-attack. The marauding Tim Leibold's cross from the left found Martin Harnik free in the six yard area, and the Austria poked past Kobel for a scarcely believable fifth. As the game entered the last few minutes, Stuttgart poured more and more men forward, with little effect, opening themselves up at the back. Substitute David Kinsombi used the opportunities to his advantage, tearing down the right wing before squaring to Adrian Fein, who took it inside his man a minute into injury time and placed into the far corner for Hamburg's sixth and the final action of an incredible afternoon of football.

Game overview