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The return of the 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga moves closer, but still they have to wait: In the second division top match against Hamburger SV missed the league leaders in the final minutes of a victory and did not come from a 1-1 (1: 0) out. After 29 matchdays Cologne (59 points) is ten points ahead of the relegation place occupied by Union Berlin.

Dominick Drexler scored the 1: 0 (26th minute) for Cologne. Manuel Wintzheimer saved the HSV one point in the 85th minute, the 20-year-old had come on four minutes before his equalizer.

Seven points behind Cologne is the second-placed HSV, who showed a significant performance increase after the 1: 2 against Magdeburg. In Cologne, the team of coach Hannes Wolf was under pressure especially in the first half, at half time was the shot on target at 3:10 from the point of view of Hamburg. One of these attempts Drexler used freestanding after a corner to the lead - it was already the 75th goal of the season for the FC.

HSV are lucky with Jung's tactical foul

The HSV increased without his injured top players Aaron Hunt and Pierre-Michel Lasogga only in the second 45 minutes. Bakery Jatta gave the first good opportunity to equalize with a shot from an acute angle (69.), then came the substitute Wintzheimer (85.). For the former junior player of FC Bayern, it was only the second short-term campaign this season. In the middle of the second half, Hamburg were lucky as referee Robert Hartman did not punish a tactical foul by Gideon Jung with yellow and red.

For Hamburg, it will be on Saturday with a home game against Aue (13 clock) on, the 1st FC Cologne has a day later to Dresden (13.30 clock).

1. FC Köln - Hamburger SV 1: 1 (1: 0)
1: 0 Drexler (26th)
1: 1 Wintzheimer (85.)
Cologne : Horn - Meré, Höger, Czichos - Clemens (42nd cracks), Geis, Kainz - Drexler, Hector - Terodde (74th Sobiech), Cordoba (81st Modeste)
Hamburg : Pollersbeck - Sakai (81st Wintzheimer), Lacroix, van Drongelen, Santos - Young (64th Vagnoman), Janjicic - Narey, Mangala, Jatta - Özcan
Referee : Hartmann
Yellow cards : Terodde, Kainz, Hector, Meré / Jung, van Drongelen, Wintzheimer
Spectators : 50,000 (sold out)