Next test awaits: HSV host French top club! | OneFootball

Preparations for the Bundesliga are increasingly gathering pace. It has now been announced that, in addition to the match against Everton FC, HSV will play another friendly at the Volksparkstadion.

On Friday afternoon, the club announced that OSC Lille will visit the Hanseatic city on August 8 at 3:00 p.m. That means HSV faces another demanding test a week after the clash with Everton as part of the Volkspark Festival. The Les Dogues qualified for the Champions League by finishing third in Ligue 1, ahead of well-known clubs such as Olympique Lyon, Olympique Marseille and AS Monaco.

The current squad also features several prominent players. Head coach Davide Ancelotti — who succeeded Bruno Genesio and is the son of legendary manager Carlo Ancelotti — can call on, among others, striker Olivier Giroud, who is now approaching his 40th birthday and was part of France’s 2018 World Cup-winning squad. In the recently concluded edition of the global tournament, Moroccan player Ayyoub Bouaddi attracted enormous attention. He could still bring LOSC a financial windfall in the current transfer window.

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HSV to face no fewer than two Ligue 1 clubs!

In addition, there is also an Mbappé at Lille. It is Ethan, the just 19-year-old brother of global superstar Kylian Mbappé. The four-time French champions lost two names familiar from the Bundesliga this summer in Thomas Meunier and Nabil Bentaleb. But the core of the team has stayed together. As a result, the aim is not only to secure another very strong finish in France, but also to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League.

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In Hamburg, LOSC is likely to go into the match as the favorite. A week later, HSV will once again face a Ligue 1 side. This time, they will travel to take on FC Toulouse, who finished ninth last season. The match will also serve as the final dress rehearsal before the first competitive fixture, which will take place away to SC Verl in the DFB-Pokal.

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