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Son Heung-min's professional debut team 'traditional master' Hamburg returned to the German Bundesliga for the first time in seven years.
Hamburg won 6-1 in the 33rd round of the 2. Bundesliga (second division) of the 2024-2025 season against Ulm 1846 at the Volkswagen Stadion in Hamburg, Germany on the 11th (Korea time), confirming early promotion regardless of the outcome of the remaining game.
In the 2. Bundesliga, where 18 teams participate, the first and second-place teams will be automatically promoted to the first division, and the third-place teams will play the playoffs against the 16th-place teams in the first division. Hamburg scored 59 points (16 wins, 11 draws and 6 losses) to regain the lead and secure at least second place.
There is one point difference from the second-place FC Cologne (58 points), but there is four points difference from the third-place Elbersberg (55 points). If Hamburg wins the final match, it will win the second division.
Son Heung-min is from Hamburg Youth. He made his professional debut in 2010 during Hamburg's first division. After three seasons with Hamburg, he moved to Tottenham in August 2015 after playing for Bayer Leverkusen.
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Hamburg was relegated for the first time in the club's history with 17th place in the 2017-2018 season after going downhill amid the continued financial crisis since Son Heung-min left. Since then, he has missed the opportunity to be promoted. It finally crossed the second part of the season.
He was the leader of Berlin Paulchin Son Heung-min, who is leading Hamburg, during his youth days. He "It's an indescribable moment. I held my brother tightly, and he had tears in his eyes. That means the most to me."Hamburg hasn't been in the Bundesliga in years, but Hamburg has never disappeared"I was overcome with emotion.
However, the promotion festival in Hamburg consisted of 'accident'. Fans stormed the ground in large numbers. It was 'Aegyo' that knocked Board A over. The net was torn, and some fans ragged the grass to preserve the historical moment.
Some fans climbed onto the players and were caught by police while attempting to get into the locker room. Police were called to the stadium to suppress the protesters.
In the process, 25 people were evacuated to the hospital. According to the Berliner Tagess Zeitung, one person's life was in danger, while 19 people were seriously injured and five others were slightly injured. A local fire official said several fans were injured when they jumped from the stands, and some were injured as they struggled in the chaos. Forty-four people received emergency treatment at the scene, and about 65 firefighters and emergency responders responded with the support of 12 ambulances.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
