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Tim Walter, the HSV coach on probation
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Does it show the way to the first league? At least that’s Coach Tim Walter’s job
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The duel between Hamburger SV and Schalke is also of enormous importance for Tim Walter. The HSV coach has to prove the Hanseatic team’s long-term suitability for promotion in the second half of the season. And that’s right at Schalke 04.
In the new football year, HSV coach Tim Walter is once again under observation. After the first half of the second division with many question marks regarding Hamburger SV’s promotion form, the 48-year-old must finally provide strong answers under the critical gaze of the sporting leadership.
In usual Walter style, the coach explained the rough plan on Thursday before the traditional duel at table 14th. Schalke 04 on Saturday (8.30 p.m./Sky and Sport1). “We always want to win. But we know that we have room for improvement. But above all: we want to be at the top,” said the 48-year-old coach of the third-place team on Thursday.
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His team should provide a clear – and above all sustainable – answer to the question of suitability for promotion in the top duel on Saturday at the other traditional club. 6,100 visiting fans will accompany the Hamburg team to Gelsenkirchen. HSV won the game in the first half of the season spectacularly 5:3. “If it turns out to be such a spectacle with the right result for us, then I’ll be happy to accept that too,” said Walter. Schalke had recently stabilized somewhat after a weak start to the first half of the season under coach Karel Geraerts.
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In front of 60,000 spectators, Walter begins his probationary period with his 100th game as HSV coach. After the first half of the season, the sporting leadership around sports director Jonas Boldt and sports director Claus Costa were not satisfied, but continued to stick with Walter. At the time, it was vaguely said that everyday routines should be made “more performance-enhancing”. And specifically? What has changed in everyday working life?
“We worked a lot on defensive behavior, we worked a lot on set pieces,” said Walter. In his own opinion, Walter saw a lot of good things in the test matches against the top Dutch club and Champions League participant PSV Eindhoven (2:2) and FC Zurich (2:2).
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They stayed away more often in the first half of the season. At home in the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg had won seven games in eight games, but only picked up ten points away from home. As a result, HSV slipped to third place in the table. Holstein Kiel is four points away in first place.
So far, Walter has been able to handle the pressure at the big, traditional club. “I have experienced many things here. I have often said that pressure is a privilege. And that’s why I’m happy to be privileged.” What speaks for him is that it’s been a while since an HSV coach played 100 games. With the many coaching changes in the past, Thomas Doll last achieved this number between 2004 and 2007.
New signing Okugawa back in training
With a win at Schalke, Walter can set the stage for a few more games to come. He can also count on the services of new signing Masaya Okugawa. The offensive player was back in team training on Thursday morning after a knee injury. Captain Sebastian Schonlau (calf injury) and William Mikelbrencis (torn ligament) are missing. Striker Ransford Königsdörffer is at the Africa Cup of Nations.