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Simon Terodde equalized against Kiel and missed other top chances
Photo: Christian Charisius / dpa
Hamburger SV missed important points in the fight for promotion to the Bundesliga.
The HSV separated on Monday evening in the Volksparkstadion of Holstein Kiel 1: 1 (1: 1) and is only on the relegation rank with 43 points.
League leader VfL Bochum (48) is five points away, the second Holstein Kiel three points.
The Kielers took the lead through Jae-Sung Lee (8th minute), Simon Terodde (23rd) equalized with his 20th goal of the season.
For Hamburg it was the fifth game without a win in a row.
In the second half of the season only got seven points in seven games.
HSV has never won against Holstein Kiel in six second division games so far (four draws, two defeats).
The top game in the second division kept what it promised: nice combinations and lots of goal-area scenes.
The Kielers had the better start.
South Korean Jae-Sung Lee headed a corner from Jannik Dehm into the goal, HSV defender Jan Gyamarah came too late.
Then the HSV turned on.
Aaron Hunt failed because of Kiel's goalkeeper Ioannis Gelios (17th), Josha Vagnoman hit the post from three meters with a head (32nd) and had another chance to head the ball (41st).
The equalization after a double one-two between Bakery Jatta and Terodde was worth seeing.
Friday the next top games
Five days after moving into the semi-finals of the DFB Cup, the Schleswig-Holsteiners relied on a safe defense, counterattacks and standards and left HSV more play.
"The freshness was missing, also in the head," said Kiel's trainer Ole Werner.
"We can live with the point."
After the break, the Hamburg team continued as they had stopped: with a courageous offensive, driven by the strong Sonny Kittel.
The number of chances grew (Terodde, Kittel, Dudziak), but Gelios held the draw.
On Friday there are two top games in the second division: HSV has to go to the leaders in Bochum, Kiel meets Heidenheim.
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