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02nd Jun 2015

Vine: Squeaky bums all round as Hamburg cling to Bundesliga status by the seat of their pants

Brinksmanship. And an a*se...

Tom Victor

So that’s why they call it squeaky-bum-time…

Things got too much to bare for Pierre-Michel Lasogga as his Hamburg side left it late to secure their Bundesliga status for another year.

The German forward was spotted getting a rather unconventional massage from a member of club staff (at least we hope it was a member of club staff) during a promotion-relegation play-off against Karlsruhe.

The Bundesliga’s longest-serving club were on the verge of losing their top-flight status thanks to Reinhold Yabo’s late strike, only for Marcelo Diaz to equalise with a stoppage-time free-kick.

Hamburg went on to wrap up victory in extra-time to preserve their top-flight status.

H/T @Honigstein