Overview
- Dennis and Dana Diekmeier returned to the Volksparkstadion to support the yeswecan!cer campaign focused on prevention and self-help.
- Diekmeier became visibly emotional and ended a pre-match interview while speaking about 14-year-old daughter Delani’s illness.
- HSV replaced its sponsor logo with yeswecan!cer and, with captains and officials, displayed a wir-gegenkrebs.de banner, with match-worn shirts to be auctioned for the campaign that encourages HPV vaccination.
- The club presented a team-signed jersey bearing “Delani” and the No. 2, while Delani watched from home due to infection risks as she continues treatment with a poor prognosis reported by doctors.
- The match finished 1:1 after Ransford Königsdörffer’s stoppage-time equaliser against Borussia Dortmund.