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The optimism is pulverized again so quickly: The Hamburger SV who did not get promoted has had a nightmare night in the DFB Cup at the Dynamo Dresden. Arminia Bielefeld also stumbled painfully at Rot-Weiss Essen, while Hannover 96 lived up to his favorite role.
New coach, old worries: Second division Hamburger SV has also been embarrassed by coach Daniel Thioune. HSV lost in the first round of the DFB Cup at third division Dynamo Dresden with 1: 4 (0: 2) and revealed big problems before the start of the league on Friday against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Yannick Stark (3rd minute), Robin Becker (16th), Christoph Daferner (53rd) and Sebastian Mai (90th + 2nd / hand penalty) scored the goals in front of 10,053 spectators for the seven-time RDA Cup winner.
Harmless in the front, unsafe in the back
Hamburg, who had carelessly played up their Bundesliga promotion in the second half of last season, gave up good chances and were insecure on defense. Amadou Onana (89th) only managed the 1: 3 interval. Stark took advantage of the first gap in the newly formed HSV defense. Eight minutes later, he only hit the post before Becker came up. The three-time cup winner came into play better after half an hour.
Tim Leibold (36th) and Lukas Hinterseer (37th) missed two good chances. The guests started offensively in the second half, but were caught off guard by Daferner’s long-range shot. Despite the setback, the Hamburg team tried everything again, but were unlucky when Khaled Narey (68th) hit the post.
Bielefeld with referee bad luck
Anticipation at Arminia Bielefeld for the first Bundesliga game after 4,137 days has been significantly clouded, but the Bundesliga club was also unlucky with two penalties missed by referee Harm Osmers. The second division champions lost in the first round of the DFB Cup in the fourth division Rot-Weiss Essen with 0: 1 (0: 1) and failed as the second representative of the upper house after Hertha BSC at the first hurdle.
Simon Engelmann (33.) shot the Lower Rhine Cup winner for the first time in nine years in the second round, which took place on 22/23. December is played. Bielefeld can fully focus on the project to stay ahead of the long-awaited first Bundesliga game at Eintracht Frankfurt.
For this, East Westphalia has to make significant strides: on the underdog, the team around captain Fabian Klos was long harmless offensive and defensively vulnerable. “I will hold the team accountable,” Arminia coach Uwe Neuhaus said before returning to his old workplace: “There is no apathetic or arrogant performance. We have to fight and race at least as much as RWE.” The 60-year-old was bitterly disappointed, especially in the first 45 minutes. In front of 300 spectators, including former Essen pro Otto Rehhagel, absolutely nothing of the class difference could be seen. Rather, the hosts managed to baffle Bundesliga record climbers (eight times) with football’s multiplication tables.
Not enough power
Essen was stable on defense, relying on physical play and high balls. In the 3 minute, goalkeeper Stefan Ortega was challenged when former European Under-21 champion Dennis Grote shot. After the next corner, Alexander Hahn walked through the door. As a result, Bielefeld pushed better but barely came dangerously close to the goal of the deeply fallen 1953 cup winner.
On the other hand, Essen showed how it’s done: two quick, clean passes, at the end of which center-forward Engelmann hit ice cream. Bielefeld newcomer Jacob Laursen looked very bad. After the break, Neuhaus changed from 4-3-3 to 4-2-2, Augsburg loan Sergio Córdova now supporting Klos in the middle of the storm. Bielefeld’s actions became more forceful, in the 67th minute only the post got in the way of Marcel Hartel’s free kick. With still more than 25 degrees it was only about the fight in the final phase. Bielefeld tried his luck from almost every position, Essen threw everything in defense of his goal.
Sovereign Hannover for a long time
Hannover 96 won the second division match against the Würzburger Kickers in the first round of the DFB Cup. Lower Saxony prevailed 3: 2 (1: 0) in front of a ghost crowd. Hendrik Weydandt (23rd), Dominik Kaiser (59th) and Timo Hübers (78th) prevented an early break with their goals like last season. At that time, Hannover lost in the first round of the cup at Karlsruher SC (0-2), which coach Kenan Kocak’s team hosted at the start of the league on Saturday.
The blows of Arne Feick (89º) and Robert Herrmann (90º + 5 / penalty) from Würzburg did not change anything. Both teams initially only had a few chances to score, Weydandt took the first real chance effectively and scored from close behind after a long ball from Niklas Hult. As a result, Hannover did not slacken and repeatedly caused problems for the Würzburg defense. Marvin Ducksch crossed the penalty area for Kaiser, who extended the lead. Hübers made the decision. In the league, the two teams will meet for the first time on November 22, then Hannover will visit Würzburg again.
Those: sportschau.de
