Although third place in the table would be safe for Hamburger SV after a win in the last second division game of the season on Sunday (3:30 p.m. / Sky) at Hansa Rostock, coach Tim Walter has banned all thoughts of the two relegation games from his head.
“I’m just thinking about our job in Rostock, where we have to do our homework first,” said the coach on Friday. Whether it was about promotion to the Bundesliga against his former club VfB Stuttgart or Hertha BSC on May 19 and 23 is of no interest to him at the moment, the coach added.
Provided they win, HSV could also be promoted directly if their northern rivals Werder Bremen lose their home game against Jahn Regensburg at the same time.
The ungrateful and worthless fourth place, which the Hanseatic League has occupied for the past three years, is also conceivable. This would be the case if fourth-placed SV Darmstadt 98 scored more points against SC Paderborn on Sunday than Hamburg did in Rostock.