HSV shade seven-goal thriller in Paderborn

Quickfire triple turns game on its head

Daniel Thioune made two enforced changes from the starting line-up which had defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf on Matchday 1, Jan Gyamerah coming in for Josha Vagnoman at right-back and Khaled Narey for Sonny Kittel on the right wing. It was Narey down the right-hand side who was at the centre of an energetic start to the game from the Rothosen, his pace and direct running causing problems for the Paderborn backline. Manuel Wintzheimer was given a first sight of goal in the eleventh minute, hitting straight into the arms of Zingerle in the Paderborn goal, but when invited to try his luck again four minutes later gave the Rothosen the lead. Narey drove into space down the right from a counter, found Dudziak who laid it into the path of Wintzheimer, who was gifted time and space to perfectly curl his left-footed effort past Zingerle from the edge of the eighteen-yard area. It got even better in the 24th minute, as another swift counter-attack ended in a 3-on-3 opportunity for Hamburg, and whilst Manuel Wintzheimer's cross evaded his teammates, Paderborn right-back Okoroji sliced his clearance straight to Simon Terodde, who gratefully headed in from four yards out to double the Hamburg lead.

The Rothosen had been ruthless rather than dominant to race into a two-goal lead, with their hosts more than in the contest but finding themselves two goals behind. This changed in a frantic period of five minutes just after the half-hour mark as HSV went from controlling the game to heading into the half with a deficit to overturn. Firstly Dennis Srbeny stroked home a 34th minute penalty after Tim Leibold's foul on Chris Führich, and the winger was involved again barely two minutes later, as former Paderborn captain Klaus Gjasula lost his bearings, giving the ball away deep in his own half. Srbeny drew the last defender and flicked into the path of Führich who steadied himself and calmly lifted over Daniel Heuer Fernandes to draw things level. The comeback was complete in the 38th minute, Daniel Thioune's men not applying enough pressure on the ball, as Führich stepped in off the right wing and curled a magnificent effort with his weaker left foot past the helpless Daniel Heuer Fernandes.