Of all people, Glatzel! HSV edge past Heidenheim into the DFB-Pokal last 16 | OneFootball

HSV is in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal! The Rothosen triumphed over 1. FC Heidenheim in a highly disjointed match, which they played largely with a numerical advantage. The man of the day was, of all people, Robert Glatzel.

The visitors started the match with pressure and created two promising chances early on: First, Miro Muheim was denied by the saving Traoré after a beautiful setup by Fabio Vieira and Rayan Philippe (3rd minute), and shortly after, Ramaj made a strong save against the freely breaking Ransford Königsdörffer (7th minute).

After that, the game lost a bit of pace and intensity, especially since Heidenheim had to play with a man down after a controversial but justifiable red card for Siersleben.

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Glatzel shoots HSV to victory!

However, the numerical advantage did not particularly benefit the Hanseatic team's play. Quite the opposite: Naturally, HSV was clearly dominant, but they struggled for a long time to create clear opportunities against the compactly defending home team.

The Swabians, on the other hand, only got their first notable attempt late in the game when Pieringer narrowly headed a Dorsch cross past the goal (79th minute).

Just a minute later, Benjamin Brand awarded a penalty after a slight contact by Niehues on Vieira – a controversial decision by the referee, which repeatedly drew the ire of the Heidenheim team. The recently substituted Robert Glatzel took responsibility and confidently converted to make it 1-0 (83rd minute). This gave the striker important confidence after being overlooked against VfL Wolfsburg.

Glatzel almost secured the final decision, but Vieira squandered a thoughtful setup from his teammate carelessly (90+3). It changed nothing: After a by no means glamorous performance in Heidenheim, HSV can celebrate advancing to the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal!

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1. FC Heidenheim – Hamburger SV 0:1 (0:0)

Heidenheim: Ramaj, Traore (46. Busch), Siersleben, Mainka, Föhrenbach, Niehues (85. Kölle), Schöppner, Kerber (46. Dorsch), Ibrahimovic, Schimmer (73. Pieringer), Zivzivadze (72. Honsak)

HSV: Peretz, Gocholeishvili, Torunarigha, Elfadli, Vuskovic, Muheim, Remberg (46. Meffert), Vieira, Königsdörffer (61. Glatzel), Rössing-Lelesiit (61. Pherai), Philippe (89. Poulsen)

Goals: 0:1 Glatzel (83rd minute)

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