Hamburger SV played their second division home game against Hansa Rostock on Sunday in a 0-1 (0-0) game with a special jersey in honor of the late football idol Uwe Seeler.
The left sleeve bore the club legend's shirt number "9" and "UNS UWE" was written on the chest.
However, Kevin Schumacher (90+4) scored the late Hansa winning goal in front of 54,500 fans.
Wreaths were laid in the center circle before kick-off.
The two teams gathered behind a black poster with the inscription: “Us Uwe – athletes.
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Meanwhile, Karlsruher SC also suffered a defeat on the second day of the season.
After the 0:5 at SC Paderborn a week ago, the Badeners lost against newly promoted 1. FC Magdeburg 2:3 (0:3).
Andreas Müller (7th), Baris Atik (32nd) and Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (34th) scored the FCM goals.
Marvin Wanitzek (63rd) and Mikkel Kaufmann (65th) gave KSC hope with their goals in the second half.
In the third game on Sunday, Bundesliga relegated Arminia Bielefeld lost 0:3 (0:1) to Jahn Regensburg.
Benedikt Gimber (45' + 3'), Maximilian Thalhammer (56') and Minos Gouras (90' + 1) scored for the Upper Palatinate, who lead the table with six points and 5-0 goals.
HSV fans with choreography for Seeler
Seeler died on Thursday at the age of 85, and the news caused great sadness.
Accordingly, the game was all about Seeler.
The fans rolled out a banner in the stands: "Loyal and modest – the greatest of all time." There was a huge "Us-Uwe" choreography.
The special jerseys for the game are to be auctioned off in favor of the Uwe-Seeler-Foundation in the coming days.
The HSV sponsors made their areas available on the jerseys.
When warming up, the HSV pros were already wearing a shirt with a photo of Seeler.