Fans and Hrubesch provide new HSV hope in the promotion battle

It was a good week ago that HSV was completely on the ground. “It doesn’t make sense anymore,” said ex-coach Daniel Thioune after the 1-1 draw against Karlsruhe with a view to the promotion battle. Faith was gone. Horst Hrubesch took over the coaching job. On Monday (8.30 p.m., live ticker on MOPO.de) it will have its premiere in the home game against Nuremberg. And nothing is lost for him yet.

The picture during the final training session on Sunday in the Volkspark matched the new mood at HSV. Around 40 Ultras had gathered at the training area and cheered the team loudly.

For the first time since the start of Corona over a year ago, there was this support for the team. Not only Hrubesch liked it.

Hrubesch is happy to see the HSV Ultras during training

“It was fantastic what was going on. You could also see on the faces of the players that they were really happy. That was a great story. I think it helped the boys, ”says Hrubesch, for whom the fans’ visit to training is also proof that they still believe in the team and in their goal of promotion to the Bundesliga.

Hrubesch has tried to get this feeling back into the team in the last few days. For him, the decisive measure was to clear the minds of the players again. He is convinced that he was able to resolve the tension he found in the team. And you can look forward to the game against Nuremberg.

There should be a new HSV face against Nuremberg

“For me, it’s about showing against Nuremberg from the start that we want it that way, that we want to use this chance again, that everyone gives 100 percent and goes this way. I’m actually sure the players will scratch, bite and accelerate. “

With work, fun and a new sense of togetherness, it should go back on the road to success, in order to make the almost impossible possible. With a win against Nuremberg, HSV can at least reduce the gap on Fürth to three points. It would be the first step towards a happy ending. “We still believe in it,” says Hrubesch, who marches ahead with a broad chest.

His announcement: “It doesn’t make sense to lose games or points now. We want to try to win the three games. Then we’ll see how far we can get with it. I’m skeptical about whether it will go straight up. If so, then via relegation – and there, too, it will be tight. But we believe in that. We are still alive!”

–