Overview
- Bakery Jatta, back in the squad for the first time this season, came on in extra time and put HSV ahead in the 107th minute after months on the fringes.
- Holstein leveled in the 116th minute through a Phil Harres free kick following a foul call on Guilherme Ramos that HSV players and coach questioned.
- HSV fell 2:4 in the shootout as Miro Muheim hit the bar and 20-year-old Aboubaka Soumahoro had his attempt saved by Timon Weiner, with Harres converting the decisive kick for Kiel.
- Coach Merlin Polzin said Jatta earned his chance in training and called him an important part of the team, while defending Soumahoro for stepping up to take a penalty.
- The match underscored HSV’s thin forward options with Robert Glatzel injured and Yussuf Poulsen’s fitness uncertain, leaving Ransford Königsdörffer as a limited stopgap up front.