HSV announce secret friendly against Freiburg! | OneFootball

On Saturday, HSV will play a test match against SC Freiburg behind closed doors. Both clubs have agreed on this arrangement.

Hamburger SV continues its preparations for the upcoming Bundesliga season with a special endurance test: Next Saturday (1 p.m.), coach Merlin Polzin’s team will face SC Freiburg. The match will take place without spectators, and there will also be no livestream broadcast.

After challenging friendlies against FC Copenhagen (0:1), SK Sturm Graz (1:2), and most recently Olympique Lyon (0:4), the next comparison with an international top opponent awaits: The team from Breisgau finished last Bundesliga season in fifth place, thus qualifying for the Europa League. Up until matchday 34, the club even had a chance at the Champions League.

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“After our promotion, it doesn’t help us to only test ourselves against lower-league opponents,” Polzin is once again quoted as saying on the HSV homepage. “We want to prepare for what awaits us in the Bundesliga.”

For this reason, both clubs agreed not only on the friendly match, but also on an extended playing time, in order to give as many players as possible some game time and to provide the coaching staff with tactical insights. Just last Saturday, the Red Shorts played over 120 minutes against Lyon.

Unlike the season opener against the French side, fans can only follow the action this time via HSV’s social media channels. The club announced that there will be regular updates on the course of the match there.

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