A win is a must – HSV before the final exam at 1. FC Magdeburg | NDR.de – Sports

“We’re all great players and, in my opinion, the best team in the league,” said offensive man Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer to NDR. “Now we just have to prove it,” the 21-year-old quickly added, looking at HSV’s form fluctuations. The last two matchdays were emblematic of the changeable performances of the Hanseatic League so far this season: First, coach Tim Walter’s team lost 2-0 at 1. FC Kaiserslautern after a poor performance, then they defeated their city rivals St. Pauli with a will.

Heidenheim submits

Coach Tim Walter’s team has already suffered seven bankruptcies. Almost twice as many as leaders Darmstadt 98 and second-placed 1. FC Heidenheim (four defeats each) conceded. And so the motto for the people of Hamburg from now on is: no blunders! “The last five games are all finals. We have to get the points and hope that Heidenheim might drop points,” said Königsdörffer, the slogan for the end of the season.

At least on this match day, the competitor didn’t do HSV the favor of screwing up and won the unpleasant away game at Greuther Fürth 2-0 on Friday evening.

HSV is thinking about revenge for the first half of the season

Doing your own homework has always been quite difficult for HSV up until now. For example, on October 23 of last year. The opponent in the Volkspark Stadium was called Magdeburg at the time, was the shooting gallery of the league at the time and handed in his calling card on Sylvesterallee as the second to last in the table. And what did the hamburgers do? Terrible defensive mistakes! The wild game was surprisingly lost 2:3.

So now it’s time to meet again with the promoted team, who found a good balance between offensive and defensive after the turn of the year and has relegation in sight. “They play a good ball and develop in an exciting way,” Walter praised the upcoming opponent. “It’s going to be a hot game,” believes Königsdörffer, who lived near Magdeburg before moving from Dynamo Dresden to HSV last summer.

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Cruciate ligament tear near Katterbach, Meffert is suspended

The 21-year-old will probably move into the team due to Noah Katterbach’s injury. On Friday evening, HSV announced that 1. FC Köln’s loanee had torn their cruciate ligament. Heyer will probably be ordered from midfield to defence, while Kittel will play in the center instead of him.

On the right wing there is currently no way around the in-form Bakery Jatta. The Gambier was substituted off injured against St. Pauli but is now ready to play again. The same applies to Jonas Meffert. The “six” still has to watch because he saw his fifth yellow card against the Kiezclub. The more offensively thinking Laszlo Benes will probably slip into the starting line-up for the central midfielder.

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Königsdörffer: “None of us feel any pressure”

Names and positions are only secondary in the season finale anyway. Now that the decisions are near, strong nerves are required. The greatest pressure is undoubtedly on HSV, who absolutely want to leave the second division after five years. Nothing else is expected from Königsdörffer and Co. in Hamburg. “But none of us feel any pressure or anything,” said the 21-year-old: “We know what our job is and also what we can do.”

Now he and his teammates must follow their words with deeds. Otherwise the “best team in the league” (Königsdörffer) is threatened with the second relegation in a row.

Possible lineups:

1 FC Magdeburg: Reimann – Bockhorn, Lawrence, Heber, Bell Bell – Elfadli, Gnaka, Kwarteng – Ceka, Brünker, Atik
Hamburger SV: Heuer Fernandes – Heyer, David, Schonlau, Muheim – Reis, Benes, Kittel – Jatta, Königsdörffer, Glatzel

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