Another home defeat: HSV women slip into the relegation zone! | OneFootball

The downward trend of the HSV women continued on Monday evening. Against a composed 1. FC Köln, they suffered a clear defeat.

The team led by Liese Brancao started the match quite boldly in front of around 4,000 spectators in the Volkspark. However, the first attack by the visitors led directly to a 0-1 score. Martyna Wiankowska curled a free kick from a half-right position into the penalty area, where Sandra Jessen ran in and headed it in for the 0-1. Subsequently, the HSV women had more possession but rarely posed a threat.

The best attempt came from Maria Mikolajova, whose free kick was deflected around the post by Irina Fuchs (24th minute). The 1. FC Köln, arriving as the eighth-placed team, did no more than necessary with the lead in hand, but still added another in the 36th minute. A cleverly executed attack through Weronika Zawistowska, who slipped the ball through to Jessen, resulted in the 0-2 – marking the halftime score.

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Coach Brancao responded to her team's harmless performance with a triple substitution during the break, which paid off immediately. Less than 120 seconds after the restart, the co-production of two substitutes brought the connecting goal. Christin Meyer finished past Fuchs after a pass from Annaleen Böhler to make it 1-2. However, real tension did not arise. The better chances still belonged to Köln – for example, through Pauline Bremer, who hit the crossbar.

In the 73rd minute, another perfectly executed counterattack led to the decisive 1-3. The substitute Adriana Achinska scored unchallenged after an assist from the outstanding Jessen. Achinska then served Jessen, who punished another loss of possession in the forward movement with the 1-4 in injury time. This marked the third consecutive home defeat in the league for the HSV women, and they slipped to a relegation spot due to the recent successes of SGS Essen on a relegation spot.

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"In the first half, we were very passive and did not implement what we had planned," lamented Brancao after the game. Given the recent disappointing results and the largely weak performance, she found it difficult to find positives but noted: "I credit my team for fighting until the end." Great fighting spirit will also be needed in the remaining matches of the year. The HSV women, who have only won once so far, face away games against FC Bayern and VfL Wolfsburg – the strongest teams in the country for years.

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