What a trap?: Walter calls his eleven to loyalty

Tim Walter was pretty well positioned when he answered the questions of Hamburg journalists on Thursday afternoon before the last home game of the season in a virtual press conference. When a reporter asked about Stephan Ambrosius, the central defender, who may be in the so-called "Walter trap" after his long break, the HSV coach had to laugh first. Then he asked: "What a trap?"

Because of a cruciate ligament tear, Ambrosius was only in the Hamburg matchday squad this season. After his nomination against Karlsruhe (3-0), the 23-year-old took no consideration in the youngest two games in Regensburg (4: 2) and Ingolstadt (4: 0). Maybe an indication that Ambrosius does not fit Walter's game approach, so, as it was said in the boulevard, it is in the "Walter trap"?

We have to stay with us and pull our thing through.

Tim Walter

No, Walter emphasized. Ambrosius had been out for a long time and is now using the time as a learning phase. There was therefore no question of a trap, said Walter and joked when another reporter had technical problems for a moment in the course of the digital media round: "Maybe he is in the offside trap."

Yes, it was a pretty solemn Tim Walter who was sitting on the press podium before the duel with Hanover. After three victories, his team is in the middle of the promotion race again, second place is only three points away.

"The boys feel anticipation," said Walter with a view to the game against 96 and then defended when it came to whether the HSV could also exist with its game idea in the Bundesliga: "This is a very good question, but the places we only when the time has come. "

The following applies beforehand: do homework and hit Hanover without looking at the competition. "We have to stay with us and pull our thing through," emphasized Walter, knowing that the HSV can only be successful if his players stay true to each other. Finally, this was the case - now there are two games that decide on good and woe to the season.