Lucas Piazon’s spectacular 90th-minute free-kick gave Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory against Hamburg SV on Sunday as the former European champions remain rooted to the foot of the Bundesliga.
Haris Seferovic gave Frankfurt the lead in the 44th minute, striking home Timothy Chandler’s pass.
Hamburg finally found the back of the net for the first time this season in the 58th minute as Lewis Holtby crossed to Nicolai Mueller, who got his shot through the legs of Frankfurt goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald.
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Hamburg’s first goal came 508 minutes into the season, comfortably snapping VfL Bochum’s previous Bundesliga record of 475 minutes without a goal to start the 1979-1980 season.
Hamburg looked like they would grab a point, but 20-year-old Piazon unleashed a perfectly placed free-kick into the upper right corner to secure the victory.
“He can do that,” Frankfurt coach Thomas Schaaf said.
Frankfurt jumped to seventh place on nine points, five off leaders Bayern Munich, while Hamburg, who were European champions way back in 1983, have just two points from six games.
Augsburg are eighth with nine points following a 1-0 home win over Hertha BSC earlier on Sunday.
Augsburg captain Paul Verhaegh hammered home a penalty in the 27th-minute after Hertha goalkeeper Thomas Kraft had brought down Raul Bobadilla in the box.
“The victory was enormously important because we have two away matches coming up,” Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl said. “We knew that Hertha would defend and not give us a lot of chances, so it was important that we got the win.”
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