Achilles injury worry: will Glatzel miss HSV’s opening match? | OneFootball

For Robert Glatzel, the opening game in Gladbach might come too soon. The striker only trained partially last week.

How bitter would that be? As if Robert Glatzel hadn't already had a complicated preparation, the 31-year-old is at risk of missing the Bundesliga start at Borussia Mönchengladbach (5:30 PM, DAZN)!

For four years, the goal-getter was an absolute guarantee for Hamburg's promotion dreams. With 73 goals in 115 second-division games, he reliably provided the offensive output for the Rothosen. In the 2023/2024 season, he even crowned himself the top scorer of the 2nd league.

Now that the big goal has been achieved and the return to the Bundesliga is finally a reality, the veteran is at risk of missing the opening on the big stage.

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Glatzel Injury; Will it be enough for Gladbach?

In the final training session on Friday, Glatzel was nowhere to be found. Coach Merlin Polzin shed light on the situation at the subsequent press conference. “He has problems with his Achilles tendon,” the coach informed the media representatives present.

Midweek, the striker already had to slow down, returned on Thursday, only to suffer another setback. Much suggests that Glatzel will not be in the squad when HSV stands on a Bundesliga field in Gladbach for the first time in over seven years.

The timing could hardly be worse: Newcomer and striker competitor Yussuf Poulsen reported back fit and should at least be an option as a substitute against the Foals. With Ransford Königsdörffer, the top spot in the starting eleven is already occupied. Glatzel's current status as striker number three could thus further solidify.

For the 1.93m man himself, however, a failure would be doubly painful: Not only would he miss the Bundesliga premiere with HSV. Just a week later, the city derby against FC St. Pauli awaits, another real season highlight. By then, at the latest, the Achilles tendon must hold!

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