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He turned down HSV – Polzin raves about the Bundesliga professional
Updated 11/18/2025 – 12:00 p.mReading time: 27 mins.
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Last summer, HSV would have liked to have strengthened their offense with a creative Swiss player. But Fabian Rieder chose FC Augsburg rather than the newcomer from the Elbe. HSV coach Merlin Polzin is not angry with the 23-year-old about the cancellation.
Instead, the 35-year-old raved about Rieder on Monday: “He’s a great player, a great boy,” Polzin told the “Abendblatt”. There were a few conversations before Rieder personally turned down the Hamburgers. That wasn’t a decision against HSV, said Polzin, “there were many reasons that spoke in favor of Augsburg.”
With three goals and two assists, Fabian Rieder has done well at FCA so far. Next weekend there could be a reunion between the Swiss and his fan in the HSV coaching bench: On Saturday (November 22nd, 3:30 p.m.) FCA and Hamburg will play against each other in Augsburg.
The Hamburger SV footballers are in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. Head coach Liese Brancao’s team beat Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on penalties. After 90 minutes and after extra time the score was 1:1 (0:0). Eleven days earlier, Leverkusen had won the league duel 2-1.
All four Hamburg shooters were successful in the penalty shootout. On the other hand, Bayer’s Julia Mickenhagen failed to hit the crossbar due to HSV goalkeeper Larissa Haidner and Caroline Kehrer. In regular time, Sophie Hillebrand (68th) gave the hosts the lead, and Mickenhagen equalized just five minutes later.
Hamburg had recently lost its footing in the Bundesliga. In six games they suffered five defeats and one draw. There was no sign of uncertainty for the promoted team against Leverkusen, fifth in the Bundesliga. The Hamburg women were at least equal. The move into the last eight was fortunate, but not undeserved.
Last summer, Sebastian Schonlau turned his back on Hamburger SV. The fact that he will one day play in the Hanseatic city again is obviously an option for the former captain of the “Rothosen” – after his active playing career. “Of course I can also imagine returning to HSV. Because the club will always remain a very special club for me,” said the 31-year-old to “Sportbild”.