Overview
- Hamburger SV beat 1. FC Köln 2-1 on Saturday with Nicolás Capaldo scoring a header in the 44th minute and Yussuf Poulsen adding a second in the 50th minute.
- The club had announced a contract extension for coach Merlin Polzin the day before the match, and captain Nicolai Remberg and teammates dedicated the win to Polzin.
- HSV’s defense, which had conceded 12 goals in the first three games, delivered a compact performance and goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes made several key saves that preserved the lead.
- Despite the win and a lift in morale the team remains low in the table around 15th place, while other weekend results saw Borussia Dortmund move to the top of the Bundesliga and Bayer Leverkusen consolidate a strong position.
- Separately Germany’s men’s volleyball team face a do-or-die European Championship round-of-16 in Sofia against host Bulgaria with starting setter Johannes Tille out injured with a broken metatarsal.