Elfadli confident despite losing streak: HSV have a strong side | OneFootball

Unlike many fans, the HSV coaching team and players are still looking optimistically at the start of the season. The recent series of defeats doesn't change that at all.

This week it's time: almost exactly three months after promotion to the Bundesliga, Hamburger SV is entering competitive play again. Against the Palatinate top-flight team FK Pirmasens (August 16, 1:00 p.m.), the Red Shorts want to advance to the second round of the DFB Cup and get the urgently needed self-confidence for the league start at Borussia Mönchengladbach (August 24).

Despite a very mixed test phase, HSV pro Daniel Elfadli is looking confidently at the upcoming tasks. After the Hanseatic League had to accept five consecutive defeats, the Libyan was convinced of his team's abilities after the 0-2 defeat against RCD Mallorca. "They were strong opponents, you can't forget that," he emphasized, putting the devastating results, including a goal ratio of 2:14, into context.

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Elfadli, a key player and a hot candidate for the still vacant captain's office, is still full of self-confidence: "We are also a strong team and we are convinced of ourselves. We want to bring this conviction onto the pitch even more." The newly assembled team is not lacking in class, according to the 28-year-old. "I believe that we have enormous quality in the team, that we also have a clear plan and that it takes a certain amount of time."

In the recent preparatory games, Elfadli saw an opportunity to integrate the numerous newcomers. Against Mallorca, five summer transfers and loan returnee Guilherme Ramos were in the starting lineup. "These test games are mainly there to try out things," explains the defensive all-rounder.

With a view to the upcoming tasks against Pirmasens and Gladbach, his motto is: "You learn from the things that don't work out, and you do them better."

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