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Steffen Baumgart: Second defeat in the third game
Photo: Patrick Suephke / Lobeca / IMAGO
New coach, old worries: Steffen Baumgart is not yet able to get Hamburger SV on the path to promotion in the 2nd Bundesliga.
The new coach saw a 0-2 (0-1) defeat at Fortuna Düsseldorf in his first away game.
After the second defeat in the third game as HSV coach, there is a risk of slipping to fourth place on Saturday.
With only their second win in the eighth game of the year, Düsseldorf is back in the race for a return to the upper house and is now only one point behind third place in the table.
Felix Klaus (11th) and Christos Tzolis (63rd) scored the goals for the team of Daniel Thioune, one of Baumgart's predecessors, who failed in the task in Hamburg.
Substitute Moritz Heyer saw a yellow-red card (51st).
A major passing error in midfield by Jonas Meffert led to the second goal: Dennis Jastrzembski sent on Tzolis, who scored his 14th goal of the season.
»It's two tough defeats, but of course everything is still possible.
There is no reason to bury your head in the sand," said HSV captain Sebastian Schonlau on Sky.
"We've finally beaten a big guy," said Fortuna goalscorer Klaus: "A great home win, we're back."
HSV immediately played in an exemplary manner: Tzolis asserted himself on the left side of the attack and Klaus used his cross to give Düsseldorf an early lead.
Hamburg then tried to control the game, but Fortuna defended in a concentrated and compact manner, although they rarely took the pressure off.
The best chance to equalize went to Robert Glatzel, who narrowly missed the target with a long-range shot (30').
The hosts also benefited from the miserable pitch conditions in their defensive work.
Shortly after the break, HSV found itself outnumbered: Heyer was sent off after the second yellow-worthy foul after being substituted in the 14th minute.
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