HSV crisis deepens: Rothosen sink in Leipzig too | OneFootball

The nightmare start is now complete: after the heavy thrashing against Mainz, HSV also lost 0–5 at RB Leipzig. The team therefore remains without a point or a goal.

The opening phase was sluggish. After a few tentative opening minutes, the Saxons gradually raised the tempo and took the lead with their first real chance. Tidian Gomis scored from around ten meters with a well-placed low shot into the near corner (17th minute).

HSV, who overall looked combative but lacked cutting edge, were visibly knocked off course by the setback. After a disastrous build-up error by debutant starter Shafiq Nandja, Antonio Nusa made it 2–0 shortly afterwards (28th minute).

Shortly before halftime, the Rothosen looked a bit stronger, but they rarely created anything truly dangerous. The best chance fell to Patson Daka, who hit the side netting from 18 meters. Overall, the deficit at the break was fully deserved.

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HSV embarrass themselves completely

At the start of the second half, HSV were clearly trying to fight their way back into the match. Around the middle of the half in particular, Merlin Polzin’s side had one or two chances. The best again fell to Daka, who only narrowly missed the target from ten meters.

But in the closing stages, HSV fell apart: within five minutes, Willi Orban (72nd), Christopher Nkunku (74th), and Romulo (77th) all scored. What had been a more or less open game suddenly turned into yet another debacle. After the embarrassing home game against Mainz the previous week, the North Germans thus suffered their second straight 0–5 defeat. With zero points and a staggering goal difference of -12, HSV sit 18th and bottom of the table after three matchdays.

RB Leipzig – Hamburger SV 5:0 (2:0)

Goals: 1:0 Gomis (17th), 2:0 Nusa (28th), 3:0 Orban (72nd), 4:0 Nkunku (74th), 5:0 Romulo (77th)

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