Does HSV have a red card problem? Why Marcell Jansen disagrees | OneFootball

In this still young season, HSV has already received five red cards. Could this vulnerability become a problem?

Five red cards in just twelve Bundesliga matches – the numbers speak for themselves. HSV can “proudly” call itself the red card king of the Bundesliga, together with 1. FSV Mainz 05.

In the 2-1 victory over VfB Stuttgart, it was youngster Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit who saw a yellow-red card after 81 minutes. Despite the surprising three points, a discussion flared up again afterwards, one that had already been raised a few weeks ago after the defeat in Cologne: Does HSV possibly have a discipline problem?

For former president Marcell Jansen, the answer is: No. The 40-year-old considers the most recent sending-off to be “far too harsh” and would have found a simple warning appropriate. He made this clear to Bild. Røssing-Lelesiit may have been impetuous, but by no means unfair. The fact that it is already the fifth red card of the season is not, in Jansen’s view, a structural problem, but rather a side effect of HSV’s emotional playing style.

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The list of dismissals is still long: Giorgi Gocholeishvili was sent off in the derby against St. Pauli for dissent and a subsequent foul. Fabio Vieira saw red in stoppage time against Union Berlin. In Cologne, Immanuel Pherai was sent off twice within 42 seconds, and later Vieira again. This time, the Portuguese was sent off for arguing with the referee.

Jansen remains calm nonetheless. His credo: passion instead of caution. He warns that players could lose their intensity if they start holding back out of fear of further dismissals. “They would deprive themselves of their strength if they held back in decisive moments,” he says. He would accept further cards. The main thing is that the team remains courageous.

Jansen goes even further: the former national player is convinced that HSV won the match against Stuttgart precisely because of the sending-off. The numerical advantage made VfB overconfident, allowing the Hanseatic side to strike again in stoppage time. “With equal numbers, HSV probably wouldn’t have triumphed,” says Jansen.

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