The Hamburger SV hopes in the fight for returning to the Bundesliga on a strong finish in the season end spurt.

After the 4-0 (2: 0) in the catch-up game against Erzgebirge Aue, the traditional club shortened the residue on the places two and three on six points – at still six outgoing games. The victory against Aue feel “very, very well,” said Jonas Meffert, “But we also know that now it goes directly and we have to prove in Kiel on Sunday.”

And Maxi Rohr demanded after earlier five games without victory to take the new momentum “to the next tasks”, “because it continues seamlessly.” And if the HSV at Holstein Kiel could win, the Hanseaten could make further ground well. Because on the weekend, the ascent competitors play in direct duels against each other, so take points away.

If the others like Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, the FC St. Pauli or Schalke 04 should smoke, the HSV wants to be there. “You realize the guys identify with the club and the idea. We all go a common way,” said coach Tim Walter: “You’re losing together and you’ll win together.”