Elfadli confident despite losing streak: HSV have a strong side | OneFootball

Unlike many fans, the HSV coaching staff and players are still looking optimistically towards the start of the season. The recent string of defeats does absolutely nothing to change that.

This week, the time has come: almost exactly three months after their promotion to the Bundesliga, Hamburger SV will return to competitive play. Against the Rhineland-Palatinate Oberliga side FK Pirmasens (August 16, 1:00 p.m.), the Red Shorts want to advance to the second round of the DFB-Pokal and gain the much-needed confidence boost for their league opener at Borussia Mönchengladbach (August 24).

Despite a thoroughly mixed pre-season, HSV pro Daniel Elfadli remains confident about the tasks ahead. After the Hanseatic team suffered five defeats in a row, the Libyan showed his belief in his team’s abilities following the 0:2 loss to RCD Mallorca. “They were strong opponents, that shouldn’t be forgotten,” he emphasized, putting the disastrous results on paper—including a goal difference of 2:14—into context.

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Elfadli, a leader and a hot candidate for the still vacant captaincy, is nonetheless full of self-confidence: “But we’re also a strong team and we believe in ourselves. We want to bring that conviction onto the pitch even more.” According to the 28-year-old, the newly assembled team certainly doesn’t lack class: “I believe we have enormous quality in the squad, that we also have a clear plan, and that it just takes a certain amount of time.”

In the most recent pre-season matches, Elfadli saw above all an opportunity to integrate the numerous new signings. Against Mallorca, for example, five summer transfers as well as loan returnee Guilherme Ramos were in the starting eleven. “These friendlies are mainly there to try things out,” the defensive all-rounder explains.

Looking ahead to the upcoming matches against Pirmasens and Gladbach, his motto is: “You learn from the things that don’t work, and you do them better.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.