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HSV faces an exceptional personnel crisis ahead of the duel with Eintracht Frankfurt. Several bad news items are forcing coach Merlin Polzin to rethink his plans.

This is especially true regarding the absence of Jean-Luc Dompé. The winger is still struggling with his chronic Achilles tendon problems and will not be available on Saturday (3:30 p.m., Sky). However, out of this necessity, a solution that is both bold and surprising could now emerge at HSV.

Polzin is not only considering obvious alternatives but also creative options. One of these could involve deploying Bakery Jatta on the left wing. Jatta, who has recently improved his form and was in the starting eleven for the first time this season against Werder Bremen (3:2), knows the position from earlier times. “That is an option,” Polzin is quoted as saying by the Hamburger Abendblatt.

However, this variant is by no means set in stone. Most recently, Fabio Baldé filled in for Dompé, and the Portuguese U21 international remains the most obvious option against Frankfurt as well.

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But the personnel situation at Volkspark has changed anyway. Fabio Vieira is ill, Yussuf Poulsen will be out for a long time, and Guilherme Ramos could also miss the last game of the year. This opens the door to unusual solutions. If Baldé starts on the left wing, Jatta could in turn play on the right flank, where there is currently an open three-way competition with Giorgi Gocholeishvili and William Mikelbrencis. Here, Polzin is deliberately relying on current performance rather than fixed hierarchies.

At least one thing seems clear in attack: Rayan Philippe is likely to start on the right, and Ransford Königsdörffer is virtually without alternative up front. In central midfield, however, Polzin can rely on the established Nicolai Remberg and Sambi Lokonga.

And in defense, the situation is much more relaxed than in attack. Daniel Elfadli is back for good after his brief comeback in Sinsheim and is even a candidate for the starting eleven. So despite the absences, the defense still offers several options.

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