Walter doesn’t look in the rearview mirror
Speaking of clear language: Coach Tim Walter also likes to use it. This was also the case at the Derby press conference, in which he was of course asked about his team’s poor record against St. Pauli. The typical Walter answer: “It’s no use dealing with the past and previous derbies. We have to look ahead to write the present and the future positively.” what has been Interests the 46-year-old little or not at all! Instead, like a prayer wheel, he philosophizes about the fact that the development of the team is the priority.
“We are on a good way”
“We’re on the right track,” said Walter two days after reaching the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. The duel with the Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln also showed “that we always have to deliver 100 percent and no less over the full distance in order to be successful,” added the coach. The fact that St. Pauli in Borussia Dortmund threw an opponent out of the national cup competition who also does not belong to the category “passenger customers” is irrelevant for Walter: “We look at ourselves. We try to make our way with a lot of willingness, energy and courage . Our boys are hot and we believe in ourselves.”
Schultz expects a “hot dance”
So two confident teams meet in the Volksparkstadion in front of Corona-related only 2,000 admitted spectators. Whereby the favorite role this time is due to the most recent five comparisons, of which the Kiezclub won four, and the table situation with leader St. Pauli. “Our balance sheet is super good. And we would be happy if we can expand on it,” said coach Timo Schultz. However, the 44-year-old also suspects that this will not be so easy against his supposed favorite opponent: “I assume that it will be a very, very hot dance.”
Will Makienok strike again against HSV?
It would of course be all the more important for “Schulle”, as the trainer is called, that one of his players can surpass himself. In the first half of the season, Simon Makienok did this with two goals in a 3-2 win. Things didn’t go well for the Dane after that. The 30-year-old, who had to sit out in the meantime due to a corona infection, only managed one other goal and was used as a “joker” for exactly one minute in the cup coup against Dortmund.
Another Makienok heroic story against HSV? Still possible, if only as a substitute. After all, the attacker scored three of his five goals in Kiezclub clothing against the neighboring club. Stories that only football writes…