HSV proud after defensive battle: "We defended everything" | OneFootball

With a performance that was especially stable defensively, HSV has returned to the Bundesliga. Both the team and the coach were visibly satisfied with the 0:0 draw.

HSV is back – and made a solid return to the top German league with its first Bundesliga point since May 12, 2018. Against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Hanseatic team fought their way to a well-deserved 0:0 draw.

Notable: Defensively, the Red Shorts showed a significant improvement compared to the botched summer preparations! HSV allowed only a few clear scoring opportunities and even earned praise from the Gladbach coach. “Today we played against a very compact opponent who did a good job,” Gerardo Seoane explained after the final whistle in a DAZN interview.

And: “HSV dictated the game plan to us a bit today.”

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His Swiss compatriot Miro Muheim saw it much the same way. “We acted as a unit from the very beginning and defended everything,” said the Swiss player in an interview with the club’s own media. Offensively, there could have been even more, because “of course we could have taken our chances up front at the end.” He was referring to the numerous counterattacks that presented themselves to Hamburg, especially in the final quarter of an hour.

But that in no way diminishes the performance, according to Muheim. “It was a good game from us and I am incredibly proud of the team’s performance in our first Bundesliga match,” the 27-year-old made clear.

The equally satisfied head coach Merlin Polzin agreed with his protégé. “It feels good to see the steps the team has taken and how they presented themselves today,” he said on DAZN.

Polzin also emphasized one particular aspect of the game: “What I really liked was how passionately we defended!”

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