The Hamburger SV Sentinel
Market11 Dec 2028
Albert Sambi Lokonga wants more than Hamburger SV are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Match9 Dec 2028
Hamburger SV cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Raphaël Guerreiro falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
No hiding place for Łukasz Poręba
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Łukasz Poręba, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Words exchanged at Hamburger SV
Patrick Albrecht and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Mateusz Kochalski gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mateusz Kochalski is on it.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Oliver Busch chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Squad11 Dec 2028
A ban for Immanuel Pherai
One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Hamburger SV lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.
Match9 Dec 2028
No goals between Hamburger SV and Borussia Dortmund
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Borussia Dortmund will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Max Moerstedt
- Market Bilal Nadir placed on the list
- The dugout Bilal Nadir asks for a word with the manager