Ex-HSV stars celebrate their first goals! | OneFootball

HSV parted ways with several players who had played more influential roles over the summer. They quickly made an impact at their new clubs.

A lot of attention is currently on Ransford Königsdörffer, who will return to the Volkspark today, Sunday, with FSV Mainz 05. He had already made a good impression there in pre-season and also got on the scoresheet in the DFB-Pokal against Krieschow (9:0). For the league opener against Paderborn, the attacker, who had shone especially brightly during the promotion season, was used off the bench. Robert Glatzel, who moved from Hamburg to Wolfsburg after five years, has also had to settle for that role twice recently.

After helping set up a goal in each of those appearances, the striker was handed a start by coach Tobias Strobl in the home match against Energie Cottbus — a decision that proved absolutely spot on. Glatzel, who scored an incredible 73 times in 115 second-division appearances for HSV, lived up to his reputation. After just four minutes, he calmly converted a penalty he had won himself following a rash challenge by goalkeeper Marcel Lotka, drilling it into the top-right corner for 1:0.

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The Wolves overwhelmed the promoted side in the first half. Glatzel added the 3:0 in the 34th minute as well. After a pass from Alexander Bernhardsson, he cleverly lifted the ball over the onrushing Lotka from six yards out and into the net. Even so, the 32-year-old did not have only reason to celebrate. His game ended after just 52 minutes. His teammates then increasingly lost their way. In stoppage time, Cottbus completed their comeback with a 4:4 draw that had seemed impossible.

Luka Vuskovic, who moved to Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer for a fee of more than €50 million, also had to settle for a draw. However, he likely left the pitch feeling much better. The Seagulls were second best at first against Leeds United and fell behind after 15 minutes through Jayden Bogle, with the deficit easily able to have grown further.

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They improved after the break. In the 71st minute, Vuskovic showed the goal threat already familiar from his HSV loan spell. He met a corner from Maxim de Cuyper from close range and headed it in with ease for the 1:1 final score. In doing so, the super talent earned Brighton a point and also capped a successful personal start — one in which he may have learned some tough lessons against Chelsea, but has not missed a single minute in any of his five competitive appearances.

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