Bundesliga round 22: HSV 3 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
A crowd of 43,023 saw HSV deservedly beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in the AOL Arena this afternoon. Goals by the HSV skipper Nico Jan Hoogma (10.), Mehdi Mahdavikia (16./penalty) and Bernardo Romeo (35.), did the business for Coach Klaus Toppmöller, who put one over on his former club. Leverkusen replied with a goal on 39 minutes by Schneider, but that was all the visitors could manage. Now Bayer Leverkusen must face the possibility of not playing European football next season, while HSV is sitting pretty in 8th place in the Bundesliga table, nicely poised to attack the UEFA Cup places.
HSV: Wächter - Schlicke, Hoogma, Reinhardt, Kling - Mahdavikia, Benjamin, Jarolim (88. Fukal), Rahn (63. Takahara) - Romeo (82. Beinlich), Barbarez.
Leverkusen: Butt - Fritz, Nowotny, Lucic, Placente - Ramelow -Bierofka, Schneider, Babic - Neuville (46. Franca), Berbatov
Goals: 1:0 Hoogma (10.), 2:0 Mahdavikia (16./Foulelfmeter), 3:0 Romeo (35.), 3:1 Schneider (39.)
Source: HSV.de
