"Not a great moment for us": Another Poulsen blow for HSV! | OneFootball

Before the last match of the year 2025, HSV is hit hard. Two key players are out.

For Jean-Luc Dompé, it had already become apparent in recent days that he wouldn't quite make it for the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt (20.12, 3:30 PM). The French left winger is still struggling with the persistent effects of an Achilles tendon injury suffered in the summer.

For this reason, Dompé missed the match in Sinsheim, which was clearly lost 1:4. In the following days, he mostly trained individually. HSV hopes that the 30-year-old game-changer will be fully operational again in January.

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HSV's injury list keeps growing

But it doesn't stop with this bad news. As head coach Merlin Polzin announced at the press conference on Thursday, Yussuf Poulsen will also be unavailable against SGE. The injury-prone captain, who at least came on as a substitute in the last two matches and decided the Northern derby against Werder Bremen, suffers another setback.

"We had to notice an injury with Yussi during training, he twisted his ankle and will miss the weekend and also January," explained Polzin. He added a sentence that suggests the worst: "We don't know the exact diagnosis yet. Not a pleasant moment for him and for us."

The coach also had more bad news. "Fabio Vieira and Guilherme Ramos are both sick and haven't been on the training pitch this week – they've stayed home with elevated values." Polzin left open what impact this would have on their availability for the weekend.

Additionally, with Warmed Omari, Robert Glatzel, and Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit also missing, the promoted team will have to conclude the year with a significantly reduced squad. Not particularly good omens to take something away against the seventh-placed team from the banking metropolis.

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