HSV without Glatzel: is it Stange's time now? | OneFootball

The pressure is off, and the anticipation is all the greater: HSV will play in front of their home fans one last time this season against SC Freiburg.

There could also be a small premiere. Because Robert Glatzel has to sit out with minor calf problems, Otto Stange could make the first Bundesliga start of his career. “We don’t want to take any risks, he’s out,” Merlin Polzin confirmed on Friday.

That is particularly bitter for Glatzel. Despite being under contract until 2027, there are increasing signs that the striker could leave the club this summer. It is quite possible that he has already played his last match at the Volkspark. According to Bild, he could even be out for the rest of the season. If he leaves in the summer, Glatzel would therefore never play for HSV again.

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The opportunity is now likely to go to a homegrown player who has worked his way closer to the starting eleven step by step over the past few months. Stange, who ended his loan spell at Elversberg early in the winter, recently impressed as a lively presence off the bench. Now the 19-year-old is in line for the biggest moment of his young Bundesliga career so far.

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Polzin was full of praise for the German youth international. “He has developed further over the months, especially in terms of his maturity,” said the HSV coach. In addition, Stange brings “a lot of potential and fearlessness, which definitely does a team good.”

Even though survival has long since been secured, HSV do not want to let the season fizzle out. Polzin has already set new targets. “If we win the game, we’ll move ahead of Freiburg in the second-half table,” the coach explained with a view to the clash against the Europa League finalists. And that is indeed the case: with a win, the Rothosen would draw level with Sport-Club on points and would even have the better goal difference. Otto Stange will try to do his part to help make that happen.

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