New look to beat the drop? HSV revamps dressing room! | OneFootball

HSV also want to secure survival as early as possible in their second Bundesliga season after promotion. Apparently, a few tricks in terms of interior design are now supposed to help as well.

The idea is to keep improving and avoid standing still—that is the guiding principle around Hamburger SV during the summer break. Of course, the details matter too, and apparently the design of the dressing room is part of that as well. That emerges from a report by Bild.

HSV dressing room in a new look

From today, the changing rooms are once again being used after the free weekend by the professionals who are not away on international duty. However, the dressing rooms now look different from how they did recently. White walls and plain ceiling panels are no longer part of the interior. The gym next door has apparently also undergone a redesign. More elegant and darker colors now define the place where HSV’s professionals come together.

The walls have been painted dark blue, and the ceiling around the square lamps has also been painted dark. The phrase “Forever HSV” now stands out prominently on one wall. There have also been changes around the players’ personal areas: the familiar oversized HSV diamonds can still be seen on the rows of lockers, but they now appear even larger because only the black and white central sections remain visible. Small, glossy diamonds now catch the eye on the black covering.

Choreographies as a motivational aid

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In the gym, an obvious motivational trick is being used. Huge prints can be seen on the walls showing choreographies by HSV fans from recent months, as Bild reports. So while the stars work on their fitness and athleticism, they can constantly remind themselves who and what they are really doing it all for.

There is no more animal motivation, however: the mini aquarium with two breeding fish, which the coaching staff around Merlin Polzin had set up for motivational purposes in reference to the hit series “Ted Lasso,” has since disappeared.

The first time the HSV stars will get changed for a match in the redesigned dressing room will be this weekend. On October 4, Polzin’s team will face FC Copenhagen in a friendly at the Volksparkstadion. The professionals are expected to be greeted by an impressive crowd.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.