1. FC Union Berlin suffered a 3-1 defeat against Hamburg at home in the U19 Bundesliga on Sunday.

It was an action-packed first 45 minutes at the FEZ-Berlin complex with the northern Germans scoring their three goals in the first half. Peter Beke gave the away side the lead on nine minutes, but Willi Weiße’s side fought back impressively to level on 13 minutes. Tim Maciejewski’s set piece went all the way through and made it all square. However, Hamburg managed to secure the points with goals from Anssi Tapio Suhonen and Lukas Pinckert.

Hamburg move up to fourth, while 1. FC Union Berlin sits ninth in the table with eight points.

“We created too many opportunities for Hamburg today,” said coach Weiße after the defeat. “It would have been necessary to score many more goals to take a point from the game today.”

Union XI: Ludosan; Möller, Lindemann, Riecke, Sander; Maciejewski (Cetin 81), Gencel (Inaler 68), Cinar; Werner (Kledian 55), Editner (Muschkowski 71), Sitz

1. FC Union Berlin’s U19 side are in action next Sunday on October 7 against VfL Osnabrück. The match will take place at the FEZ-Berlin complex and admission is free for fans.