Hamburger SV Interim Coach Merlin Polzin Observes Training and Makes Changes: Latest Updates

When he was still an assistant coach at Hamburger SV: Merlin Polzin observes the training. Photo: Lobeca/Henning Rohlfs

Hamburg – The preparation for Hamburger SV the away game next Saturday in the 2nd Bundesliga at FC Hansa Rostock. After Tim Walter was fired, interim coach Merlin Polzin has been in charge since Monday and has made a few changes.

Double shifts in the Volkspark

At the beginning of the week there was a “casual” introduction to modern times. There are two double shifts each on Tuesday and Wednesday. Work was required and therefore a change for the team. Thursday and Friday there is only one training session each. This time the press conference is also directly one day before the game and before the final training session. Things were also a little different under Walter.

Captain back on the pitch

William Mikelbrencis and Andras Nemeth were not on the training pitch. Masaya Providing (knee problems) and Immanuel Pherai (foot injury) were absent from team training on Wednesday but worked individually. Captain worked for that Sebastian Schonlau again, as well as Miro Muheim.

Two are already off the list

When looking for a trainer, HSV a lot happens. However, this came more from external influences. Friedhelm Funkel is off the market. 1. FC Kaiserslautern signed the 70-year-old after Dimitrios Grammozis was released. He was treated the same way with the Rothosen. Second candidate is Raphael Wicky. Formerly active at Volkspark from 2002 to 2007, he is currently on the sidelines at Young Boys Bern and celebrated the double (championship and cup victory) in his first year there. The 46-year-old is back at the top of the table this season with a seven point lead over the competition.

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In “Blick”: Bern will not release Wicky

The problem with the Swiss, however, is that his contract runs until the summer. There is no early termination. This is what “Blick” reported: “YB writes that they are facing important games and it is clear that they will play them with Raphael Wicky. And thats how it is. Wicky will never move to HSV now. But in summer? In any case, the emotional ties to the Hanseatic people are close,” says the newspaper.

Even Magath and Hrubesch are being discussed as successors

The circle of suitable candidates is getting smaller and smaller. Steffen Baumgart is demanded by many fans and patron Klaus-Michael Kühne even wants to Felix Magath see in the head coach’s chair. Even Horst Hrubesch’s (current German women’s national coach) hat was thrown into the ring. Hamburg’s sports director Jonas Boldt On the other hand, a clear statement was made on Monday: “We don’t want to be carried away with actionism, as the business likes to do.”

Polzin cannot be calculated

It is therefore possible that Polzin could really go the Hürzeler route. The only thing he needs is success and, in the end, at least third place and winning relegation. The 33-year-old is a blank slate and perhaps exactly what cannot be calculated. For Hansa at least, this doesn’t make analyzing his own game any easier.

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• Polzin: Lobeca/Henning Rohlfs

2024-02-14 20:44:02
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