HSV star confident despite crisis: “We’ll get the points we need” | OneFootball

A look at the current Bundesliga form table is enough to make HSV fans genuinely worried.

From their last five matches, the team has picked up just two points with a goal difference of 5:12. Over the same period, only their fellow struggling city rivals from St. Pauli have performed worse. Expanding the view to the last eight weeks, only VfL Wolfsburg sit behind HSV.

The positive news: the gap to the relegation places has still remained relatively comfortable. With four matchdays left to play, the Rothosen hold a five-point cushion over the relegation playoff spot, and they are even seven points clear of 18th place. Added to that is a significantly better goal difference compared to St. Pauli and Wolfsburg.

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HSV hope Glatzel: “We have it in our own hands”

However, HSV should not feel too safe. For weeks, the team has failed to secure what is likely the final necessary win in the battle against relegation. In particular against direct rivals from Cologne, Augsburg, or Bremen, they let prime chances for the hoped-for breakthrough slip away.

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Given Hamburg’s tough remaining schedule, that realization is especially bitter. Before the summer break, Merlin Polzin’s team will face only sides chasing European qualification. Up next are TSG Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg, and Bayer Leverkusen. “Of course we know that we still have some very, very good opponents ahead of us,” goalscorer Robert Glatzel admitted in an interview with Sky after the derby defeat.

Even so, the 32-year-old remains fully optimistic. He said the team’s survival is “in our own hands” and that they are “aware of our own strength.” For that reason, Glatzel made a promise to the worried supporters. “We will pick up the points we need,” he announced. HSV’s first chance to do so comes on Saturday (6:30 p.m., Sky) against Hoffenheim.

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