Gotoku Sakai played in Hamburger SV’s 0 – 3 drubbing at home by relegation candidate Ingolstadt on matchday 32 in the Bundesliga second division. Back-to-back defeats (0 – 2 to Union Berlin on matchday 31) dropped the Hamburg side to fourth in the league and more importantly, out of three promotion spots.

After a poor run of league form (2 draws, 3 losses in their last five games), Hamburger SV started the match desperate for a win. But they were dealt an early blow when Ingolstadt scored in the 8th minute goal.

Sakai was withdrawn in the 64th minute for a more attacking approach, but the plan backfired as Ingolstadt scored from a counterattack in the 68th minute. They struck again four minutes later for an unexpected three-goal lead, which triggered intense booing from the upset home supporters.

Hamburger SV could not reverse the situation and the match ended 3 – 0, consigning them to their three straight league defeat. They now have only two matches left to rescue their season.

Hamburger SV 0 – 3 Ingolstadt

(Dario Lezcano 8′, Thomas Pledl 68′, Marcel Gaus 72′)

P Team M W D L P 1 FC Koln 31 18 5 8 59 2 Paderborn 32 15 9 8 54 3 Union Berlin 31 13 14 4 53 4 Hamburger SV 32 15 8 9 53 5 FC Heidenheim 32 13 10 9 49 6 St. Pauli 32 14 6 12 48 7 Holstein Kiel 31 12 10 9 46 8 Jahn Regensburg 31 11 12 8 45 9 Arminia Bielefeld 32 11 10 11 43 10 Bochum 32 11 9 12 42 11 Darmstadt 31 11 7 13 40 12 Dynamo Dresden 32 10 9 13 39 13 Greuther Fuerth 31 9 11 11 38 14 Sandhausen 32 9 10 13 37 15 Erzgebirge Aue 31 10 6 15 36 16 Ingolstadt 32 8 8 16 32 17 Magdeburg 32 6 12 14 30 18 Duisburg 31 5 10 16 25

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