VfB Stuttgart – Hamburg
Date: 1st June 2023, 8:45 pm
Result: 3 – 0
After finishing 16th in the league table, VfB Stuttgart has one last chance to
avoid relegation. There's a playoff against Hamburg, the team in third place
in the second league. Two matches will be played, and the winner, based on the
aggregate of the two games, will be in the premiere league next season, while
the loser will be in the second league.
I was nervous when I sat down to watch the game. And then bam! What happened?
Was I dreaming? There was a corner kick for Stuttgart after 30 seconds. That's
nothing unusual. Then Konstantinos Mavropanos hammered the ball into the goal.
Stuttgart was leading 1-0 after less than a minute. The crowd went wild.
From then on Stuttgart kept up the pressure. Hamburg looked outclassed.
Stuttgart had chance after chance in the first half, and Hamburg only kept the
ball out of their net by luck. The ball hardly left Hamburg's side of the
field.
In the second half Josha Vagnoman scored another goal for VfB after six
minutes. The Hamburg players looked distraught. Three minutes later Serhou
Guirassy scored a third goal. After that it was obvious that the Stuttgart
team wasn't taking any risks. They were kicking the ball from one to another,
not letting Hamburg have the ball, but not attempting to score again. They
were resting on their laurels, happy that they could walk away with a 3-0
victory.
The second match will take place on 5th June in Hamburg. Can Hamburg score
three or more goals against Stuttgart? Based on what I saw last night, it's
doubtful. It already looks certain that VfB Stuttgart has saved itself from
relegation.
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