Hamann heaps praise on HSV star: “An outstanding footballer” | OneFootball

The 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt brought HSV’s poor run of form to an end. One player also ended his own personal mini-crisis.

Fabio Vieira had gone four matches without a goal contribution. For the Portuguese, who had racked up six goal involvements in nine games at one stage at the start of the second half of the season, it was an unusual dry spell.

But Vieira responded in exactly the right way and showed the full extent of his ability in the warm Frankfurt spring sunshine. He controlled a superb pass from teammate Albert Grønbaek with great technique on his chest, then finished perfectly and scored with an emphatic strike to make it 2-1, sealing victory for Hamburg.

The 25-year-old had already come close to scoring in the first half. In the 26th minute, he sent a fierce long-range effort against the crossbar. Other potentially dangerous moves came to nothing only because Vieira’s teammates repeatedly made the wrong decision in transition and either failed to pick out the advancing playmaker at all or found him far too late.

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Hamann: Vieira is “really good” for HSV

As a reward for this performance, the Arsenal loanee was named “Man of the Match” afterward by Sky. TV pundit Dietmar Hamann even launched into something of a glowing tribute to the HSV star. His signing had done the team “a huge amount of good” — especially after the botched start to the season, including the 2-0 derby defeat to FC St. Pauli.

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“He is an outstanding footballer who can bring quick players like Jean-Luc Dompé or Ransford Königsdörffer into the game,” said Hamann. Against Frankfurt, Vieira also scored “an incredibly important goal” that “will probably secure their survival.”

Hamann also attached great importance to his total of eleven goal involvements (six goals, five assists): “HSV played for a long time without Robert Glatzel. That means they were playing with only half a striker, or no real striker at all. And yet he still has eleven goal involvements.” His conclusion: “He is a great player and really good for Hamburg.”

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