"Nowhere near yet: HSV not getting carried away after Kiel draw" | OneFootball

After the bitter defeat in Cologne, the DFB Cup draw on Sunday evening faded into the background. But one HSV star still had reason to smile.

The mood at Hamburger SV was anything but cheerful after the ultimately clear 1-4 loss to 1. FC Köln. And that was despite the fact that the DFB Cup draw actually brought some good news for the club. In the round of 16, HSV will finally get to play at home in the Volksparkstadion again at the beginning of December. The opponent: Holstein Kiel. But euphoria? Nowhere to be found.

The frustration over the league defeat was still too fresh for the prospect of the cup match to noticeably lift spirits. Only Nicolai Remberg, who transferred from Kiel to Hamburg last summer, couldn’t suppress a grin. “I already said in the locker room: We’re playing at home against Kiel. Somehow, I just knew it,” the defensive all-rounder said after the match in Cologne. The reunion with his former teammates is sure to be a special experience for him.

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HSV still without a home win against Kiel

The round of 16 will be played on December 2 or 3, framed by Bundesliga home games against VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen. For HSV, it’s their first cup appearance at the Volkspark since the 2022 semifinal. Back then, they suffered a 1-3 defeat to SC Freiburg.

What also doesn’t inspire much confidence at first glance: Historically, the “Rothosen” have a poor record against Kiel—never having managed a competitive home win over the “Störche.” “We want to change that now. It’s about time,” Remberg made clear.

Head coach Merlin Polzin, meanwhile, didn’t want to focus too much on the upcoming task. “The DFB Cup is still extremely far away and completely irrelevant to me at the moment,” he emphasized on Sunday evening. “I’m happy that we have a home game. We’ll talk about everything else later.” The bottom line: The draw is promising, but the joy about it is still subdued for now!

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