Not everyone gets time off! Unusual move at HSV | OneFootball

Of all times, now that HSV have scored their first two goals of the season and picked up their first win in the Bundesliga campaign, everything is coming to a halt for the time being. The three-week international break means a long interruption to competitive action. Of all times – or perhaps fortunately? With some transfers only finalized late, the break also offers an opportunity.

To make the best possible use of it, coach Merlin Polzin and the team have come up with a special measure for the first week, as reported by the Hamburger Abendblatt.

And it will likely be a disappointment at first for some HSV fans: for now, training-ground watchers will have no chance to see a session live at the Volkspark. Three closed training sessions are scheduled through Wednesday, after which the team will have four days off. The next public training session is not until next Monday.

Not all HSV professionals are off

Until then, some unusual days lie ahead anyway. Nine HSV players are away with their national teams. A few other players will get even more time off than their teammates. That applies to all the stars who have taken part in almost every training session and match since the start of preseason. Alongside experienced players like Remberg, Heuer Fernandes and Torunarigha, that also includes summer signing Adeline, who was brought in early in the transfer window.

By contrast, Fabio Vieira, Terem Moffi, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Bilal Nadir all joined or returned to HSV only late. Accordingly, they will train more than the others and have less free time. According to Abendblatt, the same also applies to players who have recently been carrying knocks. That includes, among others, Capaldo, Muheim and Lokonga. Goalscorer Poulsen is also expected to keep working on his fitness.

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Many will certainly welcome that. After all, the opening matches made it clear that it was not necessarily the best idea to field so many new signings at once when they had only just arrived in Hamburg. Even marquee signing Fabio Vieira was not yet at one hundred percent at the start of the season, which ruled out starting appearances against Mainz and Leipzig.

Tough test against Copenhagen planned

The coaching staff are also taking a break. Head coach Polzin will have a few days off at the start of the week, with assistant coaches Loic Favé and Richard Krohn then getting theirs at the end of the week.

Next Monday, preparation for the friendly against Copenhagen on October 4 will begin with the first public training session. The final steps ahead of the next Bundesliga match against TSG Hoffenheim can only be taken once the international players are back in Hamburg as well.

So despite all the difficulties, the long break could ultimately come at just the right time, especially for fitness and for helping the many new signings properly settle in.

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