However, Walter only deals with such eventualities on the sidelines. Despite all the talk about the development of the team, the view goes upwards in the final spurt of the season. “Nothing has been seeded yet. There are still three days to play. And the other teams have to do their homework too,” explained Walter, who can most likely count on goal scorer Robert Glatzel, who recently caught a cold.
Walter: Little interest in “what the others are doing”
With Werder Bremen, FC St. Pauli, Schalke 04 and 1. FC Nürnberg, four direct competitors are already playing on Friday evening. According to Walter, “it doesn’t interest much what the others do”. If the ball rolls in the games from 6.30 p.m., the HSV entourage is still on its way to the Danube anyway and then for dinner together. And there will be no information about the encounter between Darmstadt 98 and Erzgebirge Aue on their own matchday either.
Will HSV overtake their opponents at the end of the season?
The Hamburg head coach seems optimistic these days that his men – currently three points behind the third-placed Darmstadt team – could end up being the ones who laugh. “Looking at the table at the end is also a nice picture I think,” said Walter with a grin.
Possible lineups
Ingolstadt: Jendrusch – Heinloth, Antonitsch, Musliu, Franke – Preißinger, Röhl – Gebauer, Pick – Schmidt, Bilbija
Hamburg: Heuer Fernandes – Vagnoman, Vuskovic, Schonlau, Muheim – Reis, Meffert – Jatta, Suhonen – Glatzel, merchant