Hamburg, thanks to a good game from Lewis Holtby, with an assist and a goal, and the saves from goalkeeper René Adler, surprised by winning on Friday against Borussia Dortmund (3-1), in an early match of the 13th round of the Bundesliga.
Despite this second defeat of the season, Borussia Dortmund, which had gone eight games without losing, maintains its second place (29 points) but loses a good chance to approach Bayern Munich (34), who plays on Saturday at Schalke.
With their fifth victory, the second one only in front of their home crowd, Hamburg provisionally enters the Top 10, placing themselves in eighth position and putting some distance with the relegation zone.
DANKE euch! Nur der HSV! pic.twitter.com/s2huosTQpW
— Hamburger SV (@HSV) noviembre 20, 2015
The match played at the Volksparkstadion started with a 15-minute delay due to reinforced security measures after the attacks in Paris and the cancellation of the Germany-Netherlands friendly due to a terrorist threat in Hanover.
A minute of silence was observed by the 57,000 spectators and the players wore black armbands in memory of the victims of the Paris attacks and Helmut Schmidt, former German chancellor and honorary citizen of Hamburg, who passed away on November 10.
The goals for Hamburg were scored by Pierre Michel Lasogga (19 from penalty kick), Holtby (41), and an own goal by Mats Hummels (55). With the match decided, Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (86) reduced the difference by scoring his 15th goal in the competition, allowing him to be one goal ahead of Polish Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) in the top scorers leaderboard.