FRANKFURT — Hamburger SV took advantage of Borussia Dortmund’s mistakes to win 3-1 on Friday, in the first Bundesliga match since Germany players went through two terrorist scares in the past week.
The match began with two minutes of silence — one for the victims of the Paris attacks a week ago and one for the recently deceased former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, a Hamburg native. Players wore black armbands.
The kickoff was 15 minutes late, but league officials said it was because a traffic jam outside the stadium had delayed many fans and not because of stricter security measures introduced in the wake of the Paris attacks.
"We have to put it behind us, life has to go on," Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia said.
Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Lewis Holtby and an own goal by Mats Hummels gave Hamburg a 3-0 lead before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cut the deficit with his league-high 15th goal of the season.
Dortmund had used a four-match winning streak to come within five points of leader Bayern Munich but its second loss of the season could see it fall behind by a wider margin. Hamburg won the fifth of its last seven matches against Dortmund, which is winless in Hamburg since 2012.
"There was a dramatic difference between our ambition and our performance," Dortmund’s coach Thomas Tuchel said.
A bigger police presence and closer inspections at the gates marked the return to everyday business. Germany was playing France in a friendly in Paris last Friday during the attacks that included suicide bombers blowing themselves up outside the stadium. Then, a friendly between Germany and the Netherlands was called off at short notice four days later because of a threatened terrorist attack.
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On the field, Hamburg closed its ranks and waited for Dortmund’s mistakes, which came promptly.
Holtby played a perfectly timed through ball to Ivo Ilicevic, who tried to round goalkeeper Roman Buerki but was brought down. Lasogga converted the penalty in the 19th.
Holtby scored the second after Nicolai Mueller intercepted a poor Dortmund pass near the middle circle and carried the ball forward to feed Holtby at the right moment. Holtby scored inside the far post.
The third goal came after a corner, with Germany defender Hummels heading clumsily into his own net in the 55th.
Hamburg’s Rene Adler made three great saves in the second half, denying Aubameyang twice from close range and turning away a free kick from Ilkay Gundogan.
Aubameyang got his goal four minutes from time.
