Injury woes continue: HSV announce Jatta’s spell on the sidelines | OneFootball

The injury woes of HSV continue. Bakery Jatta will also be unavailable to the Rothosen for the foreseeable future.

The right-back sustained an injury to his left rear thigh during the home game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0:1) and had to be substituted in the 29th minute. Examinations at the Athleticum at Volkspark confirmed the fears on Thursday. As the club announced in its official press release, Jatta will be "missing from the team for a few weeks."

After the Gambian spent much of the first half of the season in the stands, he played in ten of the last twelve Bundesliga games, starting in nine of them. Once considered for release in the summer, Jatta literally worked his way back into the team.

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The absence of the 27-year-old hits the Rothosen in the middle of an important phase of the season, where every key player is needed. The coach and team must now find solutions to fill the gap in Jatta's position, while the player can recover in peace.

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In the coming weeks, a lot of responsibility is likely to fall on William Mikelbrencis. The Frenchman showed a decent performance against both RB Leipzig (1:2) and after being substituted in against Leverkusen. Giorgi Gocholeishvilli, who replaced the yellow-carded Miro Muheim against the Werkself, recently presented himself completely out of form and is likely to return to the bench in Wolfsburg.

Coach Merlin Polzin is already well acquainted with personnel changes. Currently, HSV must also do without Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit, Albert Grønbaek, and Nicolas Capaldo. Additionally, Yussuf Poulsen and Philip Otele were out against Leverkusen. However, both offensive players have good chances of returning to the squad over the weekend. Bakery Jatta, on the other hand, will have to be patient for now.

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