Hamburg held in play-off 
Hamburg's Bundesliga future remains hanging by a thread after they were held 0-0 at home by Greuther Furth in the first leg of the promotion/relegation play-off on Thursday evening. The hosts came into the game on the back of five straight defeats while Furth had lost only one of their last 14,
yet it was still the visitors who took a more cautious approach, succeeding in taking back a result to Bavaria which gives them everything to play for on Sunday.
Hamburg, looking to avoid their first-ever relegation from the German top flight,
created the best chances in the second half, but they failed to make the breakthrough at the Volksparkstadion.
Mirko Slomka's side had to cope with a further setback prior to kick-off when regular goalkeeper Rene Adler had to pull out with a back injury. Jaroslav Drobny took his place between the posts, but he was not really put to the test by a Furth side who appeared more intent on defending.
The visitors emerged from their shells after 10 minutes with Ilir Azemi seeing more of the ball and causing a few problems
to the Hamburg defence, and he tested Drobny for the first time in the 26th minute.
Hamburg were forced to defend inside their own stadium, much to the frustration of the 57,000 crowd, concerned as to whether they may be seeing the end of their 51-year stay in the Bundesliga. Only Hakan Calhanoglu seemed capable of creating anything for the hosts, but his only shot on goal just before the break failed to find the target.
Something had to change for Slomka's men in the second 45 minutes, but it still took them a while to shake off their apparent nerves.
Rafael van der Vaart then started to find his way into the game and the chances slowly started arrive, from the boot of the Dutchman
for the head of Pierre-Michel Lasogga, who gave Furth goalkeeper Wolfgang Hesl his first real taste of the action.
Lasogga beat Hesl minutes later, but the goal was ruled out for offside, before the striker used his hand to get to another Van der Vaart cross, with the referee seeing that too.
Lasogga headed wide again as the clock ticked down with the northern Germany side ultimately unable to find a way through as caution gained the upper hand in the closing stages.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/311662/report
附加賽首回合失利 漢堡護級危危乎 【now.com體育】漢堡於周五的德甲留級附加賽首回合，主場僅0:0悶和德乙3哥格雷特霍夫，護級再遭受沉重打擊。
由於漢堡最終在季尾僅排第16位，將要與德乙第3位的格雷特霍夫進行兩回合的生死戰，才可確定能否來季繼續留在德甲比賽。
漢堡首回合有主場之利，並遣強陣應敵，季尾傷癒復出的射手拉蘇加，在前線與雲達華治搭檔，而今季射入11球的土耳其中場查漢奴古亦在陣。
球隊開賽後佔盡上風，攻勢一浪接一浪，但拉蘇加及查漢奴古的射門，不是高出便射斜。
雙方互無紀錄下進入下半場，格雷特霍夫雖有零星反撲，但全場仍由漢堡控制戰局；拉蘇加於65分鐘的頭槌攻門，以及湯馬士連干3分鐘後的遠射，
都被對方門將希素神勇救出，而雲達華治於補時階段接應傳中的射門不入後，最終被格雷特霍夫成功守和0:0，無法在首回合取得領先，亦使球隊的降班壓力大增。
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