The HSV professionals could feel the difference the morning after the 1-0 win against Düsseldorf. Coach Tim Walter (47) had sent them on an intensive 55-minute run after the Schlaffi defeat in Osnabrück (1:2), but this time they returned from the Volkspark after just 34 minutes.
After the double defeat away from the newly promoted Elversberg (1:2) and Osnabrück, Walter had tightened the reins. The coach just let his team run for two days.
Fortress Volkspark Hamburg’s frontrunner victory in the video
Source: Image September 29, 2023
The team got the message. “We trained very intensively. But each of us also knows that we deserved it after a game like the one in Osnabrück,” says midfield organizer Jonas Meffert (29). “Everything the coach did this week couldn’t have been wrong.”
With a tough course, Walter turned things around at HSV.
“We all want to achieve something here,” says sports director Jonas Boldt (41). “Then maybe it’s a bit of education to tighten the screws a little.”
Against Düsseldorf, the Hamburg team presented themselves with enthusiasm, commitment and duel strength from the first minute. In the end, they won a strong 56.4 percent of the duels.
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Laszlo Benes (26), who became the match winner with a penalty goal (83rd) – his sixth goal of the season: “That’s the basis, it has to be like that every week. No matter where we play and against whom. It doesn’t work without duels. That’s exactly what we showed this time. That we can do this if we are all focused.”
HSV can already show on Saturday that they have really understood their lesson. Then there is the third away trip in four weeks to a second division promoted club. This time we’re going to Wehen Wiesbaden.
When Walter heard his professionals talking about the past week of training, he said about the upcoming task: “If they think it’s hard, they should change something.” Even away from home with a supposedly small…
2023-09-30 11:07:35
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