Stage double too much: HSV lose fiery northern derby in Bremen | OneFootball

Painful defeat for HSV: In a heated northern derby, the ten-man Rothosen went down 1-3 to Werder Bremen. More than ever, the promoted side is now trembling over its Bundesliga survival after this defeat.

It became clear early on that large parts of HSV’s play would run through Robert Glatzel. After a set-piece routine, the 32-year-old got a free header but narrowly missed the target (5). His apparent opener was disallowed a short time later for offside (14).

Aside from those Glatzel moments, however, Bremen had more of the game in the opening stages. The lively Justin Njinmah tested HSV goalkeeper Heuer Fernandes with an effort from a tight angle (7), before Cameron Puertas also narrowly missed soon after (11). The visitors from the Volkspark were primarily looking to strike in transition. Two such moments fell to Ransford Königsdörffer (26) and Fabio Vieira (27), who nearly rewarded a good spell from HSV with the 1-0.

But it was Werder who took the lead: midfield engine Jens Stage powered a strong cross from Yukinari Sugawara under the bar with a header (37). HSV responded immediately, though: the extremely dominant Glatzel scored with a powerful finish from a tight angle (41). At the break, the 1-1 scoreline was a fair reflection of the game.

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HSV concede again and have a man sent off

The match remained hard-fought after the restart. Nicolas Capaldo first made a statement with a long-range effort (48). Shortly afterwards, William Mikelbrencis got on the end of a Miro Muheim cross with a header, but failed to get enough power behind the ball (52).

Werder, on the other hand, were more efficient: the outstanding Stage picked out his spot from a central position and curled home from 20 meters to restore the lead (57). Heuer Fernandes had absolutely no chance.

After that, Hamburg tried to create more attacking actions against a Bremen side dropping ever deeper. A free-kick from Muheim caused danger once more, but drifted just past the goal (72). Further drama followed when substitute Philip Otele was shown a straight red card after a VAR intervention. Another red card for Bakery Jatta was overturned by the video assistant.

Against the ten remaining Rothosen, Cameron Puertas made the result safe at the start of stoppage time: the Spaniard scored from 16 meters to make it 3-1. Afterwards, there were scuffles both in front of the away end and in front of both benches, prompting referee Florian Exner to send assistant coaches Jan Hoepner and Loic Favé to the stands. In the end, though, only Bremen were celebrating, as they drew level with HSV on points and gained revenge for the 3-2 defeat in the reverse fixture.

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Werder Bremen – Hamburger SV 3-1 (1-1)

Bremen: Backhaus, Deman, Pieper, Coulibaly, Sugawara, Lynen, Stage (67' Bittencourt), Puertas, Schmid, Njinmah (89' Stark), Milosevic (60' Grüll)

HSV: Heuer Fernandes, Mikelbrencis, Capaldo (83' Downs), Torunarigha, Omari, Muheim (75' Jatta), Remberg, Grønbaek (66' Otele), Vieira, Königsdörffer (75' Stange), Glatzel

Goals: 1-0 Stage (37), 1-1 Glatzel (41), 2-1 Stage (57), 3-1 Puertas (90+1)

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