"Works incredibly hard": Dompé set for comeback in season opener? | OneFootball

Without the injured Jean-Luc Dompé, HSV’s offense currently appears harmless. On the positive side: The left winger is working persistently on his comeback.

Hamburger SV currently has to do without Jean-Luc Dompé. Ten days ago, the 29-year-old suffered an ankle injury during training. Without the skillful winger, the Hanseatic attacking play lacked penetration and one-on-one quality, especially in the 0:2 defeat against RCD Mallorca.

Originally, HSV had assumed that Dompé would not be available until the end of August at the earliest, perhaps in time for the derby against FC St. Pauli. Now, however, there is hope that he could already be fit for the league opener at Borussia Mönchengladbach on August 24.

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Dompé “well ahead of schedule”?

Head coach Merlin Polzin was optimistic after the Mallorca friendly: “Gladbach is definitely the plan. That would mean Jean-Luc is well ahead of schedule. The initial diagnosis was that it would be tight and we’d have to take it day by day. But he is very motivated and working extremely hard to make it. I hope he keeps up his work ethic and manages to do it for us.”

There was also optimism during Saturday morning’s session: Together with Bakery Jatta, Dompé jogged a few easy laps around the training ground. The day before, HSV had even flown him in specially so he could attend the team evening and support the team from the stands during the friendly.

In his absence, winter signing Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit got a chance on the left wing. The 18-year-old once again showed great courage and earned more points. According to Bild information, he will be in the starting eleven instead of Dompé for the DFB Cup match against FK Pirmasens.

But if the Frenchman continues to work as diligently as he has been, there’s a good chance he’ll be available for HSV at the Bundesliga opener. That is probably the most important news of the weekend!

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