Overview
- Holstein Kiel advanced after a 1-1 draw in Hamburg, winning the shootout 4-2 to eliminate HSV in the round of 16.
- Bakery Jatta, reintroduced after months out of the squad, came on in extra time and scored in the 107th minute to briefly put HSV ahead.
- A free-kick awarded in the 116th minute following Guilherme Ramos’s involvement led to Phil Harres’s equalizer, a decision HSV figures described as debatable.
- Miro Muheim hit the bar and Aboubaka Soumahoro had a weak attempt saved in the shootout, with Polzin defending the 20-year-old’s choice to step up.
- The defeat revived concerns about HSV’s thin strike options as Robert Glatzel remains injured and Yussuf Poulsen struggles for fitness, with Ransford Königsdörffer still the makeshift lead forward.