End-of-season report: Polzin gives HSV fans this mark | OneFootball

HSV will also remain in the top flight next year! For Merlin Polzin, it is clear that the fans have played a decisive role in that.

Before the season finale against SC Freiburg (Sunday, 3:30 p.m.), the coach therefore gave his own supporters a glowing final report card.

“The fans were not just top class this season – what they showed at home and away was absolutely world-class,” Polzin said ahead of the big closing party at the Volksparkstadion. And when a journalist asked what school grade would be appropriate, the coach did not have to think long: “A+ with a gold star!”

The numbers really do speak for themselves. In the Bundesliga away support table, HSV ranks first with an average of 6,788 traveling fans. On top of that came an impressive backdrop throughout the entire season: all 34 Bundesliga matches involving HSV were sold out. According to a Mopo calculation, that meant a total of 1,774,107 tickets were sold.

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Polzin is pleased with the HSV fans’ “encouraging words”

Polzin was particularly impressed by the support during difficult phases of the season. “Our fans were always there for us. There were many encouraging words,” emphasized the HSV coach. Especially in bitter moments such as after the derby defeat against Werder Bremen (1:3), the close bond between the team and its surroundings became clear.

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“There is close contact between the team, the coaching staff and the fans, or rather the fan scene. That means a lot to me and to the team,” Polzin continued. For him, the extraordinary support is also an expression of sustainable development: “It shows what has grown together at HSV over the past years. We are all moving in the same direction together.”

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