Bayern week kicks off: HSV face their biggest bogey match | OneFootball

After seven years in the 2. Bundesliga, HSV faces FC Bayern once again. Especially the duels in the Allianz Arena bring back painful memories.

Between 2010 and 2018, the away trip to Munich was the most dreaded date on every HSV fan’s calendar. With alarming regularity, the team from northern Germany was shown its limits in the Bavarian capital.

A few examples: The 2-9 in March 2012, the 0-8 in February 2015, another 0-8 in February 2017, and a 0-6 in March 2018. Just a few months later, HSV was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga and thus avoided encounters with the German record champions for seven years—a fact that, given the following record, was perhaps the only positive side effect of their long absence from the top flight: Bayern won nine of the last ten encounters, with a goal difference of 38:3.

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Now the time has come again: On Saturday (6:30 p.m., Sky), the newly promoted team travels to the south of the country. Still without a win or a goal of their own, Merlin Polzin’s squad faces the toughest challenge of the season.

The defense, in particular, will have its work cut out. Even now, Bayern’s attack—featuring Harry Kane, Michael Olise, and Luis Diaz—is in outstanding form. After just two Bundesliga matches, they have already scored an impressive nine goals.

The reunion with Bayern coach Vincent Kompany thus becomes a real test of character. The former central defender was under contract at Volkspark between 2006 and 2008 before moving to Manchester City, where he enjoyed a world-class career. “My time in Hamburg was simply very important and wonderful,” Kompany still enthuses. “I have many friends there. It was the tough school with Huub Stevens and Thomas Doll.”

But the Rothosen can hardly expect any sympathy. Only through disciplined defending and a self-sacrificing fighting spirit will the team be able to hold their own in the Allianz Arena.

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