Vieira bounce fades: woeful HSV lose 0-5 to Mainz | OneFootball

This was not at all how HSV and its supporters had imagined it: in glorious late-summer temperatures, the team were thrashed 0:5 by 1. FSV Mainz 05.

The visitors made life difficult for Hamburg right from the start. HSV found few answers to Mainz’s pressing and repeatedly gave the ball away in dangerous areas. As a result, Mainz had the first two clear-cut chances of the match: Nadiem Amiri (14') and Sheraldo Becker (17') both came close to opening the scoring. Shortly afterwards, the lively Becker did better and capitalized on a huge build-up error by Nicolai Remberg to make it a fully deserved 0:1 (20').

HSV’s performance did not improve afterwards either. Quite the opposite: against a Mainz side dropping increasingly deeper, Merlin Polzin’s team found no footballing solutions whatsoever. Mainz, meanwhile, were ruthless and doubled their lead to 0:2 (42') against an incredibly passive HSV defense. After being set up by Becker, Philipp Mwene tapped into the empty net from close range.

The Hanseatic side, meanwhile, waited in vain for even the hint of a chance in the first half. There was only one moment of real applause in the opening 45 minutes: when Fabio Vieira went to warm up in front of the North Stand. Otherwise, the 57,000 spectators at the Volksparkstadion were treated to a dire lack of quality and a deserved deficit at the break.

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HSV disappoints in the second half as well

Polzin reacted to his team’s poor display by making three changes at the start of the second half. Shafiq Nandja, Fabio Vieira and Patson Daka replaced Jordan Torunarigha, Bilal Nadir and Martin Adeline. However, the resulting sense of optimism died down within just a few minutes: after a transition move, Becker set up Phillip Tietz, who scored unmarked for 0:3 (48').

Mainz then reduced their efforts to a minimum and allowed HSV to come forward. But the Rothosen did little with that possession and continued to struggle badly to create dangerous shooting opportunities. Worse still, against a completely shambolic HSV defense, Tietz (83') and, of all people, former Hamburg player Ransford Königsdörffer (90.+1) added the fourth and fifth goals. So after two matchdays, HSV sit bottom of the table with zero points and a goal difference of 0:7.

Hamburger SV – 1. FSV Mainz 05 0:5 (0:2)

HSV: Heuer Fernandes, El Ouahdi, Capaldo, Bornauw, Torunarigha (46' Nandja), Möller Wolfe (84' Lemke), Remberg, Nadir (46' Vieira), Adeline (46' Daka), Grønbaek, Moffi (64' Stange)

Mainz: Schwolow, Caci (81' Da Costa), Posch, Gruber, Potulski, Mwene, Sano, Amiri, Lee, Becker (68' Königsdörffer), Tietz

Goals: 0:1 Becker (20'), 0:2 Mwene (42'), 0:3 Tietz (48'), 0:4 Tietz (83'), 0:5 Königsdörffer (90.+1)

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