Nine HSV players reporting for international duty

Coach Tim Walter allowed his team to take the day off on Monday as a reward for their hard work in the intense clash against FC Hansa Rostock that earned them a 2-0 victory at home. However, the team returned to the training pitch on Tuesday to get back into their routine: “We want to continue to work hard and maintain this winning momentum”, shared the coach in the pre-match press conference two days prior to the Rostock fixture.

This mindset will also prove vital throughout the international break, where Walter will have fewer players involved in his training sessions due to nine of them receiving international call-ups. HSV.de have provided a summary.

• Laszlo Benes is representing Slovakia, who will play at home against Portugal on Friday (8/9) and on Monday against Lichtenstein (11/9) in European Championship qualifiers.
• Dennis Hadzikadunic is in the Bosnia squad for their qualifiers against Lichtenstein on Friday (8/9) and Iceland on Monday (11/9).
• Stephan Ambrosius and Ransford Königsdörffer have both been called up to represent Ghana in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, two home fixtures against the Central African Republic (7/9) and Liberia (12/9).
• Ignace van der Brempt will take on Kazakhstan for Belgium U21s in a Euro qualifier on Monday (11/9).
• Andras Nemeth is set to represent Hungary U21s in Euros qualifiers against Kazakhstan (7/9) and Malta (12/9).
• Valon Zumberi has been called up to Kosovo’s U21s, who will face Poland on Friday (8/9) and Germany U21s on Tuesday (12/9).
• Nicolas Oliveira and Hannes Hermann are representing Germany U20s and U19s respectively.  The U20s will play friendlies against Italy (7/9) and Poland (12/9), and the U19s will face England (6/9) and Switzerland (12/9).