VA few weeks ago, Tim Walter once again made it clear what makes him tick. “I never watch the second league,” he said, but added: “That’s not disrespectful, we’ll stay with ourselves.” That happened to all those who didn’t stick with Hamburger SV and coach Tim Walter not so good at. On the other hand, the statement fit into the picture: Because where Walter is, it’s full throttle. “Whoever gets me knows what he’ll get,” he once said. The man polarizes.
No matter who asked him in the past few weeks and months whether Hamburg would play in the Bundesliga again next season, he got the same answer: “Definitely,” said Walter and then sent a smile. After the first leg in the relegation at VfB Stuttgart on Thursday evening, he no longer smiled.
