2nd Bundesliga
Promotion celebration postponed: HSV wins the derby against St. Pauli
Later celebration: Robert Glatzel gave HSV the lead against St. Pauli.
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FC St. Pauli is one win away from returning to the Bundesliga. But in the city derby at HSV everything turned out differently – although the hosts had to wait a long time until one of their goals finally counted.
Hamburger SV has its city rivals FC St. Pauli blocked early promotion to the Bundesliga. In the 111th derby, the hosts won 1-0 (0-0) on Friday evening in front of 56,100 spectators in the sold-out Volksparkstadion. Robert Glatzel scored the winning goal with a header in the 85th minute.
Since third-placed Fortuna Düsseldorf scored 3-1 against 1. FC Nürnberg, the Kiezkickers have to hope for the next opportunity on May 12th against relegation-threatened VfL Osnabrück. With two game days to go, HSV still has a chance of reaching the relegation place with four points and 13 goals behind Düsseldorf.
City derby: HSV and St. Pauli clash during the warm-up
After the two teams clashed during the warm-up, Immanuel Pherai opened the game with the first opportunity for HSV (8th). Nikola Vasilj blocked the long-range shot. When Glatzel scored the supposed 1-0 in the 24th minute, the fans in the Volkspark cheered. However, referee Matthias Jöllenbeck saw a foul by the HSV attacker and refused to recognize the goal. The guests’ most dangerous action was Johannes Eggestein, whose header went wide of the goal (41′).
In the second section the game initially petered out. In the 62nd minute, Jöllenbeck took back another HSV goal. After watching the video images, a foul by Lukasz Poreba on Vasilj was punished. The St. Pauli goalkeeper was responsible for the goal when he came too late to counter Glatzel’s header from a corner from Miro Muheim.
In stoppage time, Saliakas tackled substitute Masaya Okugawa. Jöllenbeck tried the video images again and decided on a penalty and yellow-red for the precarious Greek. However, Ludovit Reis failed because of Vasilj.