Freiburg's Oliver Baumann cut a forlorn figure at the
full-time whistle as he had to accept the full blame for a 3-0 Bundesliga
defeat to Hamburg.
Oliver Baumann cut a forlorn figure as the final whistle
brought an end to a trialling day for the Freiburg captain, who had to accept
the full blame for a 3-0 Bundesliga defeat to Hamburg.
Goalkeeper Baumann made three costly mistakes to gift
Hamburg a victory which left Freiburg still waiting for their first win of the
season.
Maximilian Beister and Pierre-Michel Lasogga were the
first beneficiaries of his mistakes before a milder error enabled Rafael van
der Vaart to seal victory for Hamburg, who pulled away from the relegation zone
with a second away win of the season.
Freiburg made a confident start to the game, even if they
had not tasted victory in the Bundesliga all season.
Admir Mehmedi and Vladimir Darida both looked bright as
the hosts controlled the opening 30 minutes, albeit without creating enough
danger in front of goal, Francis Coquelin going closest with a header from five
yards out.
The game turned on a moment of madness from Baumann, who
raced off his line but misjudged the bounce of a long ball out of the Hamburg
defence, enabling Beister to score into an unguarded goal in the 37th minute.
Two minutes into the second half, another mistake from
Baumann allowed Lasogga to make it two.
Again, Baumann came out of his area but, as he shepherded
the ball back into his own area, he failed to grasp it and instead only pushed
it into the path of the Hamburg forward, who scored his sixth goal in the last
four games.
Baumann may have wished for a hole to open up beneath him
at that moment, but there was more to come.
He spilled a shot from Beister to the feet of Van der
Vaart, who completed the scoring and compounded Baumann's misery to seal
Hamburg's victory.
Culled from SportBT
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