“Out of order”: even an ex-HSV star takes aim at Königsdörffer! | OneFootball

The 5-0 thrashing by 1. FSV Mainz 05 had already made it a Sunday to forget for HSV fans. Ex-Hamburg player Ransford Königsdörffer’s provocative celebration only added to the anger.

The 24-year-old scored the fifth goal after coming on as a substitute and then slid on his knees in front of the Hanseatic supporters. When met with whistles, he demonstratively placed both hands behind his ears. Captain Nicolai Remberg had clear words on the matter. “I like him an unbelievable amount. But I’m the captain here. If someone celebrates like that in front of our fans, then I have to go over there. That’s not done, I don’t think that’s right,” Remberg said. At the same time, he admitted that Königsdörffer had to put up with a lot at HSV. Still, his celebration left “a slight bitter aftertaste.”

Someone else who was far from pleased was Sonny Kittel. The former HSV star shared the pitch with Königsdörffer 27 times in the 2022/23 season and commented on an DAZN post about the celebration on Instagram with a single unmistakable word: “Shameless.”

Amiri and Fischer can understand HSV fans

The scene also did not go down well with all of Königsdörffer’s new teammates. Germany international Nadiem Amiri made an apologetic gesture toward the HSV fans, while Mainz coach Urs Fischer did not blame his forward, but also cautioned: “You shouldn’t overdo it either.”

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By contrast, brace scorer Phillip Tietz explicitly came to Königsdörffer’s defense. “The lad didn’t do anything to anyone. The lad just changed clubs,” he said. Königsdörffer had also assured him and the team that he still loves HSV. Given some of the intense hateful messages aimed at the 24-year-old, he could therefore understand “why someone would celebrate like that.”

HSV coach Merlin Polzin, meanwhile, did not want to let the scene overshadow the sporting disaster: “Today we have completely different worries and problems than asking what the celebration after the 5-0 looked like. If, after a game and a performance like that, we fixate on this issue, that would be the wrong approach.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.