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Goal celebration of the "Boys in Brown" from FC St. Pauli
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The captain acted guilty.
“One can give the dismissal.
It's my responsibility," said HSV defender Sebastian Schonlau about his red card in the Hamburg derby of the 2nd Bundesliga at FC St. Pauli.
Because he saw the red card in the 28th minute on Friday evening for an emergency brake against Etienne Amenyido, Hamburger SV had to do without him for more than an hour.
"I still want to prevent the chance, but I have to stay away," he admitted.
The beginning of the bitter 0:3 end.
“That was the key scene of the game.
It would certainly have been different in 11-a-side,' he said.
But even with a full cast, HSV struggled in front of 29,205 spectators in the sold-out Millerntor Stadium.
Even if coach Tim Walter said he saw that his team "actually had the game under control" even with ten men.
However, by the second half at the latest, FC St. Pauli were playing almost exclusively and deservedly rewarded with goals from Eric Smith (61'), Marcel Hartel (74') and David Otto (89').
On the twelfth match day, HSV has to fear for its lead in the table: Darmstadt 98 can overtake Saturday with a draw against Karlsruher SC, as can SC Paderborn on Sunday with a win against SV Sandhausen.
The intermediate high of the self-proclaimed promotion candidate with six games without defeat is over for the time being.
The cross-season record series of eight wins in a row abroad will not be expanded.
And that through the highest defeat against the city rivals since February 14, 1960 in the Oberliga Nord, at that time there was a 1:4 away.
In the neighborhood, however, there was high spirits.
So far this season, FC St. Pauli has not lived up to its own expectations.
A week earlier, coach Timo Schultz's team had carelessly lost at Eintracht Braunschweig (1:2).
The fans waited seven games for a win.
The victory over the big neighbor came at just the right time.
»Today everything from A to Z was good from us.
It's an indescribable feeling to celebrate the derby victory together with the fans after the game.
You can't put that into words.
The win gives us self-confidence,” said Schultz.
"Now we're moving on in quick succession."
This applies to both Hamburg's second division teams: in the second round of the DFB Cup they travel to top-class opponents.
HSV has to go to defending champion RB Leipzig on Tuesday.
A day later, FC St. Pauli is a guest at the Bundesliga surprise team SC Freiburg.
'Let's put a tick on it for today.
And I'll enjoy that, too,« said Schultz at the end of a memorable evening.
“Then I'll start thinking more about Freiburg from noon tomorrow.
Until then I have twelve hours and five beers.”
Questionable police operation before the game
However, there were ugly scenes before the game: A police operation before the Hamburg city derby caused a stir on Friday evening.
The police had taken several supporters of FC St. Pauli into custody.
A video circulating on Twitter shows one such detention, in which a police officer uses coercion in the form of physical violence.
"It is necessary to check whether proportionality has been observed," the police said on Twitter.
The video shows several people being pinned to the ground by police officers.
One officer hit a man lying on the ground several times while another pinned his legs.
"These videos never look pretty," said police spokeswoman Sandra Levgrün.
The officer in the video is a federal police officer.
FC St. Pauli called for clarification.
"There was a massive police operation on the Heiligengeistfeld, several people were injured," said the association.
In view of the available videos and eyewitness reports, the urgent question of proportionality arises.
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