It’s quite a curious affair, what’s happening this Saturday afternoon in Wolfsburg. After a penalty converted by Eriksen in the first half put VfL in the lead (22’), HSV managed to equalize before the break. Once again, a penalty whistle following a foul preceded the goal.
Shooting star Luka Vuskovic was fouled, took the penalty himself, and converted the spot kick from eleven meters—albeit not particularly well.
Even after the teams returned from the locker rooms, the story of this match continued to be dominated mainly by penalties.
Once again, it was Vuskovic who was fouled, brought down in the box by Adjetey. After a brief discussion, Jean-Luc Dompé stepped up as the taker and converted—much more confidently than his teammate before—into the bottom left corner to give Hamburg the lead (58’).
In terms of the standings, the club from the north now pulls a full nine points clear of the highly relegation-threatened Lower Saxons, who are now existentially in crisis and will surely give everything in the final minutes to try and prevent this fiasco.
Even before the match, there were rumors that today could be Coach Bauer’s do-or-die game. With a defeat, Wolfsburg would remain in 17th place in the table—worst case, after this matchday, five points adrift from safety.
As an HSV fan, you’ll surely be delighted once again this afternoon that Hamburg has the cheat code Luka Vuskovic. Winning two penalties in a single match—after all, that doesn’t happen every day. As a center-back, the 19-year-old is now also HSV’s top scorer in the Bundesliga with five goals, together with teammate Rayan Philippe.
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