Monday 07 December 2020
“Historically bad”
Hamburger SV forbids the crisis
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In the third year of the second division, everything should actually be different. But (suddenly) far from it. After five games without a win and three bankruptcies in a row, Hamburger SV is back in the middle of the vortex down. Coach Daniel Thioune doesn’t want to know anything about a crisis.
Three bankruptcies in a row, five games without a win: The downward slide at Hamburger SV continues unchecked – but coach Daniel Thioune does not want to know anything about a crisis in the big promotion favorites. “I know that we are in a restless phase of the crash,” said Thioune after the 0: 1 (0: 1) in the north duel against Hannover 96 and preferred to speak of a “not too good phase”.
This pre-Christmas phase of weakness, which caused HSV to slip out of the promotions for the first time since the first day of the match, inevitably brings back memories of the previous season on the Elbe. At that time, the Hamburg team under Thioune’s predecessor Dieter Hecking had left crucial points for the re-promotion at this time of year.
It’s not that far this year, but the headlines on St. Nicholas Day were tough. “HSV continues to stump”, headlined the “Bild am Sonntag”. And the “Hamburger Morgenpost”, with a view to the worst second division yield of the former first division dinosaur with 17 points from ten games at the time, went one better and wrote: “HSV historically bad.”
“I’m very angry. It was unnecessary”
In Hanover, on the other hand, people took a deep breath. Thanks to Hendrik Weydandt’s goal (13th), 96 got the first points in the fifth away game and climbed into the middle of the table. The upper third is now in sight of only four points behind HSV. “I’m very happy,” said coach Kenan Kocak, who had recently put pressure on club boss Martin Kind.
Thioune made no secret of his disappointment. “I’m very angry about the defeat. It was unnecessary,” said the 46-year-old. Especially the early and for him “more than justified” expulsion against Sonny Kittel after 25 minutes annoyed him. But “even with ten men we could have won the game. We left a lot behind. We have to grow with it.”
Noticeable: Hamburg’s top scorer Simon Terodde is no longer going well either. Against Hannover he stayed out of the game for the fourth time in a row without a goal. The attacker spoke of a “bitter afternoon, especially for me because I couldn’t help the team”.
And yet HSV is looking ahead. If it is not to be even more uncomfortable for Thioune and Co. at Christmas, the turnaround must be achieved in the remaining three games in Darmstadt, against Sandhausen and in Karlsruhe. “Ultimately, we and I are measured by results,” said Thioune: “And that’s a good thing.”
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