"Acid test against Union: Baumgart misses HSV reunion!" | OneFootball

About ten months after his dismissal, Steffen Baumgart will miss the duel with HSV. The Union coach is suspended.

The encounter between Union Berlin and Hamburger SV (September 28, 7:30 PM) was supposed to be charged with a special tension: Ex-HSV coach Steffen Baumgart was set to face his former club for the first time since his dismissal last November. But the reunion is off!

During the spectacular 4-3 victory of the Berlin team in Frankfurt, Baumgart was drawn into a series of outbursts in the final phase. Loud complaints to the referee team and kicking away a paper ball thrown from the stands earned the 53-year-old a red card in the 89th minute. TV cameras even caught the emotional coach making a middle finger gesture after Eintracht's goal. The responsible DFB control committee is investigating this matter.

Due to the red card, it is clear: Against HSV, the Union coach will have to take a seat in the stands!

Baumgart: "It was completely my thing"

"That was completely my thing," Baumgart admitted after the final whistle. With a sardonic undertone, he still referred to a scene from the previous week when Augsburg's coach Sandro Wagner also threw a paper ball onto the field against FC St. Pauli. But for Baumgart, this faux pas now has immediate consequences. Whether it remains a one-game suspension will likely be decided by the DFB in the coming days.

Missing the reunion with his former club is likely to annoy Baumgart considerably. Just ten months ago, HSV parted ways with him after mixed results and an average of 1.6 points. Baumgart himself publicly struggled with the decision, speaking of an "intense time" and hinted that he had wished for more support.

In the Alte Försterei, assistant coach Danilo Fernando Evangelista de Souza will now stand on the sidelines and try to continue the upward trend. Longtime HSV player Thomas Doll expects a tough challenge. "The team faces a real trial by fire there," he is quoted by Bild. A trial by fire without Baumgart, however.

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