Cardoso's debut goes to plan: HSV women grab big points! | OneFootball

The HSV women kicked off the season run-in on Friday evening and defeated direct rivals 1. FC Nürnberg.

The match also marked the debut of long-serving club figure Rodolfo Cardoso, who took over from Liese Brancao during the international break. After just nine minutes, he had to make his first substitution. Jonna Wrede went off injured. Her namesake Lotta Wrede – probably the best footballer in Hamburg’s squad – will even miss all of the remaining matches, having suffered a more serious foot injury while on duty with Germany’s U19 national team.

On the pitch, the HSV women gained control after an even opening phase and moved the ball confidently through their own ranks. Melina Krüger came very close to giving them the lead with a delicate lob from the inside-right channel, but the ball hit the inside of the post (26’). Eight minutes later, Christin Meyer had the next big chance after a wonderful pass from Melanie Brunnthaler, but she miskicked with only goalkeeper Lourdes Romero to beat.

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HSV women celebrate set-piece goal

At the other end, Lea Paulick had to come up big twice in the first half. After less than 120 seconds, she saved a curling effort from Aneta Polaskova, and shortly before halftime, with referee Selina Menzel not having the steadiest of games, she denied Nastassja Lein, who had just dribbled past several opponents. Lein also produced the first notable attempt of the second half from distance, narrowly missing the Hamburg goal.

In the 57th minute, the first goal of the evening finally arrived, and it went to the HSV women. A corner from Camilla Linberg found the unmarked Annaleen Böhler, who rose high and headed home for 0:1. After that, the visitors remained the more active team and pushed for a second goal. However, they still had to survive one or two dangerous moments. But 1. FC Nürnberg, whose pass completion rate was below 50 percent for long stretches, failed to create another clear chance.

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So the result remained unchanged. The HSV women picked up big points near the bottom of the table. Their lead over the relegation places grew to six points with the win, although bottom clubs Essen and Jena still face each other tomorrow, Saturday. On top of that, the Hanseatic side moved to within one point of 1. FC Nürnberg. Next up on Friday is their penultimate home game of the season against Union Berlin.

How the HSV women lined up:

Paulick,-Doucouré, Stold, Böhler, Wrede (9. Croatto),-Machtens (90. Hirche), Bartz,-Krüger (79. Hillebrand), Linberg (90. Kardesler), Brunnthaler,-Meyer (90. Büchele)

Goal: 0:1 Böhler (57’)

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