Bayern: Nuremberg loses against HSV: "Simply disappointed"

For a long time, Nuremberg gave the promotion candidate from Hamburg a fight at eye level.

Bayern: Nuremberg loses against HSV: "Simply disappointed"

For a long time, Nuremberg gave the promotion candidate from Hamburg a fight at eye level. The lack of consistency in front of the goal is punished coldly. The "Club" captain speaks of an increase in performance.

Nuremberg (dpa / lby) - Coach Robert Klauß energetically directed his 1. FC Nuremberg into the dressing room after the defeat in the traditional duel with Hamburger SV. While the North Germans celebrated the atmospheric 2-0 under the Nuremberg floodlights on Saturday, the Franconians had their first speech indoors. The recovered "Club" captain Christopher Schindler was the first to try to explain the third defeat of the season.

"We're just disappointed. We didn't always find good solutions with the ball," complained the 32-year-old. "I still think we played better over the 90 minutes than when we won in Sandhausen."

35,713 spectators watched the expected intense, duel-focused game with many interruptions. However, it was not the players who caused the greatest excitement, but referee Felix Zwayer. After an apparently clear foul on Hamburg's Robert Glatzel (21st), the referee decided on a free kick for the "club" and not on a penalty for the North Germans. The HSV bank raged.

Lucky for the Franconians, who, in contrast to their last appearances, were there from the start this time. First Johannes Geis and Enrico Valentini (11') failed, later Mats Möller Daehli put his shot just wide of the post (31'). "We had figured something out," admitted center forward Christoph Daferner. "It's just disappointing today that it didn't work out."

Keeper Christian Mathenia had kept the "club" in the game again and again. For example, by deflecting a tight shot from Jean-Luc Dompé (28th) over the crossbar with his fingertips. Even Nuremberg's goalkeeper had no chance against a massive hammer from Mario Vuskovic (37th). "Simply well done," said Nuremberg's coach Robert Klauß, acknowledging the cross-header-shot move.

After the break, the hosts initially besieged the HSV penalty area. As is so often the case, the degrees lacked the final consequence to seriously distress the guests. "We just weren't compelling enough," criticized Daferner. And so the Franconians were punished in added time when Glatzel (90.2) pushed the ball over the line together with Ludovit Reis.