(At the end of the season, I still want to summarize the closing stages of the second division of the four major European leagues (English, West, Italy and Germany) through each round of review, and if there is time, I will also add League One, and at the end of the season, I will also pay attention to the relegation and relegation of the third and even fourth leagues.) ）
In the first two games of the 33rd round of the German Second Division, Hamburg, which "does not want to be promoted", had no fighting spirit, and "waved its knife from the palace" when there was still a possibility of being among the top three, and lost 0-1 away to the midstream team Paderborn, and sent the possibility of promotion to Fortuna Dusseldorf in advance. In the other game, Magdeburg drew 0-0 with Fürth.
Hamburg played away at Paderborn in front of 15,000 fans, with only two shots on target and not showing much desire to win. The only goal of the game came from Paderborn's winter signing Kostens, who joined Paderborn from Maastricht in the Eredivisie for €150,000 in the winter transfer window, and his goal was his fourth since joining.
After conceding seven minutes into the opening game, Hamburg could not use the remaining time to salvage the defeat. As a result, Hamburg only has 55 points from 33 games, and with one round remaining, it is no longer possible to catch up with Fortuna Dusseldorf in third place. Fortuna Dusseldorf face leaders Kiel away in this round, and if they win, there is still a possibility of a direct promotion spot.
Interestingly, Hamburg were relegated from the Bundesliga in 2017-18 and have spent almost six seasons in the Bundesliga, finishing third twice and fourth four times. The current head coach and former Rostock legendary goalscorer Baumgart signed a contract until the end of next season, Baumgart said after the game that he hoped the club would bring in more excellent players and complete the promotion task next season, but did the Hamburg club management also think so?
The latest results of the German Second Division are attached:
Paderborn 1-0 Hamburg, Magdeburg 0-0 Fürth
Attached to the German Second Division standings:
Direct promotion zone: 1 Kiel 64 points, 2 St. Pauli 63 points;
Promotion play-off zone: 3 Dusseldorf 59 points;
4 Hamburg 55 points, 5 Karlsruhe 52 points, 6 Hannover 49 points, 7 Paderborn 49 points, 8 Fürth 7 points, 9 Hertha Berlin 45 points, 10 Elworth 43 points, 11 Schalke 40 points, 12 Magdeburg 38 points, 13 Nuremberg 37 points, 14 Kaiserslautern 36 points, 15 Braunschweig 35 points;
Relegation play-off zone: 16 Wiesbaden, 32 points;
Relegation zone: 17 Rostock 31 points, 18 Osnabrück 25 points