Jatta scores the final score
At the end of a hectic week, Hamburger SV also delivered a spectacular top game in the 2nd Bundesliga. With crashed driver Jean-Luc Dompé in the starting XI, HSV, trailing 3-0 at the break, managed to win 3-3 at their direct rival 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday night.
This is an important point for Hamburg in the race for promotion. That’s how they kept third-placed Heidenheim four points behind. Only 1. FC Kaiserslautern can close the gap on the promotion’s big favorites to three points on Sunday by beating FC St. Pauli.
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In front of 15,000 spectators in the sold-out Voith Arena, Jan-Niklas Beste (27th) and Jan Schöppner (30th) scored for Heidenheim in just three minutes. Tim Kleindienst scored a third goal before the break (41st). Because the hosts missed several chances to score a fourth goal in the second half, HSV came back through András Nemeth (72′), former Heidenheimer Robert Glatzel (79′) and a dream goal from Bakery Jatta ( 88′).
Morale and the quality of play after the break spoke for the Hamburgers. At times, however, they also showed worrying defensive weaknesses, as they did in the second half of the season against Eintracht Braunschweig (4-2). Coordination in the defense was lacking, the powerful FCH wingers could not be controlled. Heidenheim had made a clear statement to HSV before kick-off.
Hamburg coach Tim Walter set up Dompé from the get-go, though police are investigating him and teammate William Mikelbrencis on suspicion of illegal motor racing. Both were involved in an accident in Hamburg city center on Monday evening and, according to the club, had left the scene before police arrived. Dompé was driving one of the vehicles, Mikelbrencis was a passenger in a second. HSV fined them both.
Walter justified his decision to ‘Sport1’: « He admitted his mistake and faced the public. He was also sanctioned by us from the club, » he said of Dompé. Heidenheim CEO Holger Sanwald couldn’t understand it: « It’s a bit different here at 1. FC Heidenheim. For us, I would rule out guys like that playing (Site notre bureau spécialisé) for us again. »
90’+5 final whistle.
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