Hamburg, the jinx of the last day in Germany

What would go through the heads of those Hamburg fans who, after the final whistle in their team's victory, invade the field to celebrate the long-awaited promotion after five seasons in the second division? Those hugs, those tears, those smiles…

All those gestures that, unknowingly, would blur in a few seconds when, in the 99th minute, Tim Kleindienst scored Heidenheim's third goal. It was the goal of the comeback in his match against Regensburg. It was the goal that relegated Hamburg to third place and took them out of the direct promotion positions in favor of Frank Schmidt's pupils.

The team led by Tim Walter had done their homework and had won their match 1-0 against Sandhausen. Despite having been in the top three places all season, he had to expect a defeat for Heidenheim as the other direct promotion spot was already in the hands of Darmstadt.

did not happen. A penalty in 93 and a goal in 99 for Heidenheim consummated the jinx of Hamburg on the last day. Now the Bavarian team will have to play the 'Relegation', which is a two-legged tie with the 16th in the Bundesliga. In this case, the Stuttgart.

Hamburg is the fourth team in Germany. He has six Bundesligas, three Cups and three League Cups. He even has a European Cup but, lately, he has starred in episodes that put him in number one of bad luck. Fortunately, it's not always his turn.

soccer injustice

It was the year 2000 and Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 were playing hard for the Bundesliga. Schalke had to win and that the Bavarians did not win their game. And despite the ups and downs, they had to come back from 3-2, they ended up winning 5-3. Gelsenkirchen's eyes on Hamburg.

And then, at the last minute, goal from Hamburg. Schalke fans erupted in jubilation assuming the game would end like this, but a last-second pass to the goalkeeper led to an indirect free kick.

As it couldn't be any other way to close this story, Bayern scored and, by drawing, kept the title to the disgrace of Schalke. The sports director of the Rürh team said through tears: “Until today I believed in the god of football, now I know he doesn't exist”. Located in the city of the same name, the club is the oldest in Germany with 176 years of history..