HSV must do without defensive leader in Leipzig! | OneFootball

Sebastiaan Bornauw has been absent from team training in recent days and will also be unavailable for HSV this weekend.

According to information from Bild, the Belgian defender on loan from Leeds will miss the away match at RB Leipzig due to muscular problems. Coach Merlin Polzin will therefore have to reshuffle his already far from settled defense. Bornauw, who looked overwhelmed in the thrashing against Mainz (0–5), is expected to be replaced by Jordan Torunarigha. He already took on the role of central defender several times last season.

At the moment, however, he is also going through a poor spell and did not return to the pitch after halftime in the most recent match. “It was a sporting decision,” Polzin said quite clearly afterward. In Leipzig — not too far from his birthplace of Chemnitz — Torunarigha, valued for his physical robustness, is still expected to take command of the back three.

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Alongside him, Nicolás Capaldo and Shafiq Nandja are expected to start. The latter — with only three Bundesliga appearances to his name so far — is on the verge of his first start, something he has thoroughly earned since the beginning of preseason. The Hamburg academy product delivered remarkably mature performances in the friendlies for a 19-year-old and was also one of the few brighter spots against Mainz.

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In addition, there are two alternatives who could step in if early changes are needed again: Warmed Omari, who can play on both the right and left side of the back line and returned to team training this week, and youngster Jason Bissi-Mouelle. If necessary, there is also the option of moving natural full-back Miro Muheim, who is increasingly making up for lost training time, into the back three.

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