explosiveness, pressure and prejudice? The starting position for the second League match between VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV promises excitement. For the Top-favorites is not only a direct rise of rank, probably remains left. A “nerve thing,” says Felix Magath.
Stuttgart (dpa) – explosiveness is also without a League ripe scenery is guaranteed. Even if no-one wants to know something of a preliminary decision on the lifting of the final sprint, will have the duel between VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV on Thursday (20.30 clock/Sky) but the direction-setting character.
The second-division celebrities trembles to the long-awaited Bundesliga return. The next defeat could be for one of the Top favorites after the disappointing Re-Start at the end of a too much. In particular, the hosts are under pressure. “Because it’s about everything,” explained the VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, which was the day before the game, on a new contract.
Although the two crises-tested Clubs do not meet their claims, and sovereignty are missing, have both the rise in the own Hand, however, just before the top of the game. “It is likely to be in the Moment of nerves how to deal now with the Situation,” predicted the HSV-icon Felix Magath, once VfB-Coach, in an interview with the German press Agency.
Due to the stable occurrence of League leaders Arminia Bielefeld the favourites to vie for, only a direct rise in rank, one must take the Relegation do. The HSV (46 points) can pull on the Thursday in the almost deserted Stuttgart Arena, up to four points. The VfB (45) could displace the competitors but also of place.
Especially for the stuttgarters, the doubts as to the rise of maturity to take after the botched restart after the Coronavirus-break. With the defeats in Wiesbaden, and Kiel, VfB slipped back into crisis. Similar to how before the first leg, as the 2:6-swatter hurt against the Hanseatic League that the stuttgarters correctly, even if HSV-coach Dieter Hecking in October, a “very strong” opponent had seen.
“It’s an important game, clearly,” said VfB sporting Director Sven Mislintat now, after four winless matches, “but also a huge opportunity to rehabilitate themselves.”
Only in the winter break Mislintat had completed the exchange by Tim Walter to Matarazzo and now had to justify his Trainer. With the early extension with Matarazzo to 2022, the VfB was now a clear Signal, the Coach took his players to task: “The Basis is the cohesion of the team. If this is true, we can assert ourselves with our quality,” he said, and spoke of the “extreme fire”.
Nevertheless, debates, rain, the Swabians, as to whether the squad is properly assembled and whether there is a lack of the second League of the luxury team of the last on the Bank’s exiles captain Marc Oliver Kempf of leadership. Magath has called the performances of his two Ex-Clubs, “not outstanding, let’s say so”. HSV midfielder Adrian commented on the Fine: “Stuttgart has, of course, a huge quality in the squad, which is also available”. The 21-Year-old called for more consistency in the attack.
The VfB needs. Both Teams are United, they showed clear weaknesses in the pits. In the case of the stuttgarters, the problems run through the whole season. The HSV was punished against Fürth (2:2) and Bielefeld (0:0) the last two a draw, because he missed the best opportunities lightly.
So, too, the Hanseatic League didn’t care to trust the hoped-for self, in a direct comparison, but with the nine-goal better goal difference, a further plus point. “We are also going to get in the Top Match at VfB Stuttgart in our ways and need to use them consistently. Then we have a good chance to reach our goal, as the Second leave,” said Hecking. It would be a suitable gift to his one-year-old Amtsjubiläum on Friday.
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