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Ex-HSV star about the win against Bayern: “Great feeling”
Updated on January 28, 2026 – 3:25 p.mReading time: 3 minutes
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If the HSV meets FC Bayern on Saturday, Mladen Petric thinks back to a special game. In September 2009, the then star striker scored in a 1-0 win against the record champions – to date, Hamburg’s last success in the North-South summit.
“I still remember how I scored the goal: Zé Roberto crosses the ball from the left into the middle, I stand at the level of the second post and shot the ball in. It was a great feeling because it was a top game,” says Petric in an interview with “Sport Bild.”
On Saturday HSV goes into the race as a promoted team. Petric sees Bayern as the favorites – but believes in possibilities: “Bayern are the big favorites. If everything goes normally, they will probably win nine out of ten duels. But in football you always have a chance, Augsburg has shown that.” The table 13th. had recently won 2-1 in Munich.
Petric says about the current HSV: “The team has already played some great games and shown what quality they have.” His prognosis is clear: “HSV will manage to stay in the league.”
Luka Vuskovic has made a huge impact at HSV. At 18, the 18-year-old has already developed into a defensive leader. HSV only borrowed him from Tottenham and has no purchase option. What’s next for him?
Vuskovic doesn’t want to make a quick decision: “After the World Cup, we’ll decide what happens next, what’s best for me,” he told “Sport Bild”. This refers to the 2026 World Cup, in which he will take part with Croatia. Tottenham then want to determine whether Vuskovic will return to Spurs, be sold or loaned out again.
The numbers prove that his loan year at HSV has been a success so far: Vuskovic won 69.3 percent of his duels – the best in the league among all players with at least two thirds of playing time. His rate in the air is even 78.5 percent – the top value among all central defenders. There are also three goals. Only Danilho Doekhi (Union) scored more often as a defender.
Its market value is now 40 million euros. He is keeping his future in Hamburg open – also for family reasons. His brother Mario Vuskovic’s doping ban will end in autumn 2026: “It would be a great thing to play with Mario for this incredible club.”
