Late equaliser denies HSV women a certain victory | OneFootball

The HSV women were close to their first home win of the current season, but lost their lead against Carl-Zeiss Jena in the final phase.

Before the game, coach Liese Brancao expressed her displeasure due to the parallel scheduling with the men playing in Leipzig. She called the situation "unfortunate and not cool" at the press conference. Nevertheless, 5,259 spectators appeared at the Volksparkstadion – a quite impressive number. "The atmosphere in Hamburg is as amazing as ever. The men are playing at the same time, plus the U19 derby is next door, and the HSV fans are dividing their attention as best they can. We are really grateful for every spectator," said Victoria Schulz enthusiastically after the game.

The audience initially saw the HSV women dominating in the first half, but they couldn't capitalize on their chances against the winless second-to-last team. Nina Räcke came particularly close to making it 1-0. She hit the crossbar. It wasn't until shortly before the break that Carl-Zeiss Jena made an impact and tested Larissa Haidner, who was again in goal for Inga Schuldt.

HSV Women Miss the Decision

After the break, not much changed on the field. The HSV women continued to play dominantly. The reward for their high effort finally came in the 78th minute with the generous help of the Jena players. After a pass from Melanie Brunnthaler, Schulz took a shot from a distance, and her very central attempt was deflected into the goal by goalkeeper Jasmin Janning – 1-0.

Soon after, substitute Christin Meyer narrowly missed the second goal with a header against the post. Jena remained largely harmless but still managed to equalize. A wonderfully timed through ball from Isabelle Jaron was converted by Rieke Tietz for a very painful equalizer from the HSV women's perspective. "We were the better team on the pitch today, so it's all the more frustrating to only take one point," Brancao lamented the result accordingly.

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In her opinion, "the final determination in front of the goal was missing, and we didn't defend consistently until the end." Mia Büchele had a similar view of the match: "We actually had the game well in hand, we should have added the 2-0. Perhaps we lacked the last bit of self-confidence in front of the goal to actually score." At least the HSV women maintain the four-point lead over Jena, which occupies the first relegation spot. After the international break, tough challenges await with Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen.

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