Second string shines: HSV beat Groningen 6-3 in friendly | OneFootball

In a hastily arranged friendly match against the Dutch top-flight team FC Groningen, HSV won decisively with a score of 6-3. Even without their national players, the team led by Merlin Polzin displayed an extremely playful spirit.

The Hamburg team got off to a strong start and deservedly took the lead through Emir Sahiti (17th minute). The Kosovar converted a rebound after Robert Glatzel sent the industrious Immanuel Pherai into the penalty area.

Just two minutes later, it was Pherai himself who made it 2-0 early in the game after winning the ball (19th minute). His shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the top right corner unstoppably.

Shortly before halftime, Bakery Jatta also rewarded himself for an engaged first half. An absolute dream pass from Fábio Vieira from his own half landed at the HSV winger, who rounded the advancing goalkeeper and scored from about 16 meters to make it 3-0 (43rd minute).

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After the break, David Van der Werff initially reduced the deficit with a powerful finish to 1-3 (49th minute). But the joy over the goal was short-lived: Sahiti restored the old gap with his second goal (56th minute). Once again, he was on hand after a preceding Pherai attempt.

The strong Van der Werff scored shortly after to make it 2-4 (63rd minute), but substitute Ransford Königsdörffer restored the three-goal lead with a pinpoint cross from Noah Katterbach (69th minute). The extremely young team from Groningen did not give up: Mark Hoekstra scored just a minute later to make it 3-5 (70th minute).

The final point was set by Guilherme Ramos, who headed in a corner from Jean-Luc Dompé to seal the 6-3 final score (83rd minute). Overall, HSV presented itself as particularly strong in offense and showed a very versatile playing style against the sixth-placed Eredivisie club. On a positive note, many players who recently had little significant playing time were able to use the test to draw attention to themselves sustainably.

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