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Hamburg SV Sporting director Dietmar Beiersdorfer spoke about the current situation ahead of the crucial clash at FSV Mainz 05.


Hamburg SV are currently in 15th place in the Bundesliga table after 12 rounds. Head coach Thomas Doll and his team travel to the Bruchweg stadium on Saturday (15:30 CET), where they take on bottom placed Mainz.

Question: Dietmar Beiersdorfer, how do you assess the current situation?

Dietmar Beiersdorfer: We have only collected 10 points after a third of the season which is nowhere near what we had expected. We have to climb up the table game by game. I presume everyone knows how serious things are.

Question: Can the poor start to the season be blamed on the awful injury situation at HSV?

Beiersdorfer: That plays a major role I am sure. In all the years I have been in the game I can never remember a club having so much bad luck through injury; but we can't change that. Despite those setbacks were were the better side in every Bundesliga game we have so far played, and should have taken a lot more points from those games.

Question: What has to happen now?

Beiersdorfer: We got together at the start of the week with Thomas Doll and his training staff to analyse the situation. We are totally convinced that if we stick together we can get our season back on track. Naturally there are suggestions of measures flying in from all sides, with everyone making them convinced they have the answer. But staying calm is also a measure. We have the right level of quality in our squad and we will fight our way out of trouble.