Terodde double fires HSV to opening day win

Dudziak the creator again as Terodde seals the deal

The second half started energetically, as both teams looked to catch their opponent out on the break, with a number of promising situations breaking down at the last due to an imprecise pass or cross. A poor touch from Manuel Wintzheimer led to a 3-on-2 break ending in disappointment for the Rothosen, but a similar fast counter was used to deadly effect a few minutes later on the hour mark. Jeremy Dudziak drove at the Fortuna backline, and exchanged passes with the overlapping Tim Leibold before chipping to the back post where Simon Terodde was waiting to gobble up his second of the evening with a simple header from all of three yards out.

After the Hamburg second, the game was punctuated by periods of Düsseldorf possession, which invariably broke down and led to counter-attacks from the hosts. Heading into the final 10 minutes, the pressure increased from the relegated Bundesliga team, as first Tim Leibold selflessly threw himself in front of Rouwen Henning's rasping half-volley and from the resulting corner Daniel Heuer Fernandes was brought into action for the first time in the second half with Kevin Danso's header. In a frantic finish to the game, first Opoku Ampomah was given his marching orders after kicking the ball away in frustration in the first minute of extra time and seeing his second yellow card of the game. No sooner had that happened, and the guests had pulled one back, as one of many injury-time corners was cleared to Zimmermann on the edge of the area, who rifled into the bottom left-hand corner. It proved to be too little, too late for Fortuna, who failed to truly threaten the Hamburg goal until the closing stages and had to leave Hamburg empty-handed. Daniel Thioune will be hoping for a repeat against the other side relegated from the Bundesliga next time out in Paderborn, on Monday 28th September (kick-off 8:30pm).