The HSV explodes « like a bottle of champagne » in the party

When the HSV fans stormed the sacred promotion lawn and digged their souvenirs, seven years of suffering were forgotten in one fell swoop. The Hamburger SV, the legend of the north, the drama queen with diamond, once indistinguishable, but then suddenly unobtrusive, is back in the Bundesliga after 2,555 days.

From the port to the Elbphilharmonie, from the Volksparkstadion to Michel, the beer flowed and the cheers knew hardly any limits. The wild party also had its dark side. The Hamburg fire brigade reported on a life -threatening person, 19 more suffered serious injuries.

« It felt like a bottle of champagne had been shaken for seven years and then the cork was opened. Everything came out, » said sports director Stefan Kuntz, the ecstatic state of emergency in the Hanseatic city. « I’ve never experienced such a place storm. It was awesome, it was horny to celebrate with the people, » cheered Davie Selke in a hoarse voice.

Hamburg’s top scorer (22 goals of the season) fought with tears like his teammates, then disappeared into the cabin for a short time and a little later led a wild party polonaise through the interior of the stadium. « No more second division » echoed from all sides. « This is incredible, » striker Robert Glatzel called into every microphone that was held up to him and shook his head incredulously.

With a highly entertaining 6: 1 (1: 1) against SSV Ulm on the 33rd matchday, the team of coach Merlin Polzin made the longed -for promotion on Saturday evening perfect and gave the starting shot in a long party night. « This is the biggest moment that I could have imagined, » said Polzin, before being surprised by his team with a beer shower at the press conference shortly before midnight. It was an « unforgettable » day for him, his team and the whole city, emphasized Polzin, who was able to try again as an eighth coach on the project – and whose contract was now automatically extended after jumping into the upper house.

Goosebumps and world cup

The chronology of the final promotion act on Saturday evening was absolutely worthy of the North German Drama Queen: Because Tom Gaal initially gave Ulm in the lead (7th ‘) before Ludovit Reis (10th’), Ransford Königsdörffer (42. ‘) and Selke (45.+4’) turned the game and converted the stadium into a black and blue valley. An own goal by Philipp Stromf (49. ‘) shit the last remaining doubts, Königsdörffer with his second goal (62.’) and Daniel Elfadli (86. ‘) to 6: 1. In the script, HSV goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes parried a penalty (36. ‘) at 1-1 – and thus paved the way to the recording in the seventh start.

« I had goose bumps almost continuously, it was sick, » said Double goal scorer Königsdörffer. And HSV legend Horst Hrubesch also became emotional: « It felt like you had won the World Cup. » He already sang on the town hall market, where after the last game of the season on May 19, the official promotion break rises, « not nice, but loud. The boys can be happy ».

In the ranks, the spectators were in the arms long before the final whistle, and Hamburg’s first mayor Peter Tschentscher also cheered. After four fourth places and two failures as third in the relegation, the period of suffering of the traditional club in the lower house is over, the former Bundesliga dino reanimates. For Ulm, however, the descent into the 3rd league is sealed prematurely due to the defeat – but interested parties in Hamburg at the weekend in Hamburg.