Today continues to bring you the second half of the Bundesliga 22-23 season preview:
Hamburg
After 4 seasons in the Bundesliga, the former Bundesliga dinosaurs have not been able to return to the top. However, compared to the first three seasons were only 4th, Hamburg still took a small step forward last season, with the Bundesliga ending five consecutive wins to get the third place, but in the first leg of the away win, or the home car lost to Hertha Berlin.
Hamburg's summer has been calmer than previous years of high-level strife and civil strife, and manager Walter, who is supported by sporting director Bolt, has also been given the opportunity to continue coaching. Hamburg also reinforced in the transfer market, with only winger Alidou and right-back Wag norman, two of the more important players. On the signing end, Hamburg signed the talented Germany U21 international Koenigsdorfer, last season's Ingolstadt's few highlights Billbia, and from Borussia Borussia Borussia boreshi, and then signed a capable winger.
In short, Hamburg has a certain improvement in both the vitality and depth of the lineup, and the upgrade is the only goal in the case of the main body of the lineup being retained and the control style further deepened.
Heidenheim
This season is the 15th season that manager Frank Schmidt has been in charge of the team, and he has brought the amateur team one step away from the Bundesliga. He finished third in the Bundesliga in 19-20 but was stopped by Bremen in the play-offs. In recent years, Heidenheim, whose manager, style of play and management have been stable, can all be ranked in the top half of the league, but it is not easy to replicate the glory of the 19-20 season.
As every summer, Hayden faces blood losses, with main centre-back Hürchen going to Bielefeld, last season's eight-goal and eight-assist winger Morre to Schalke, and 6-goal, 6-assists Leipetz joining Paderborn on his own. Hayden's corresponding pair of Bremen signed Best, who performed well during his loan spell in Regensburg last season, and the rest are the same as ever, from the lower league Taobao, the fourth division to the introduction of midfielder Baker and Dort two to play for the American center-back Maroni is worth paying attention to.
But on the whole, Hayden's strength has not increased, as the most able to run and fight in the Bundesliga, lack of technology and talent, basically can be defined as a mid-range team with a low ceiling.
Paderborn
After the meritorious manager Baumgart went to Cologne, Kovasgnok led the team's first season, keeping Paderborn stable, ranking 7th in the league, and still adhering to the team's offensive style of play in recent years. Paderborn has a strong defensive ability, the away record is second to none in the league, but the home is only the fifth to last, in order to improve the team's positional combat ability, Paderborn has attracted a lot of reinforcements this summer, and the new signings have reached double digits. Although many of them are from the lower leagues, the overall potential and quality are good, such as former Magdeburg captain Tobias Müller, Dort's second team attacker Tutch, Osnabrück's midfield core Klaas and others.
At the end of the transfer, midfielder Clement ended his loan, and most of the rest of the departing players were veterans and substitutes who could not be used, and the overall strength was stable and rising. With just two or three of the new signings, Paderborn is expected to achieve a higher ranking. After goalscorer Michel moved to Berlin United in January, Paderborn did not have a stable scoring point, needed multiple people to share the scoring burden, and also needed to reinvigorate high school striker Pratt, who had returned from injury. In the warm-up match, Paderborn's performance was stable, and there were even highlights such as 5-2 Ajax and 2-0 Bochum, and the new season as a whole is worth looking forward to.
Dusseldorf
As the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusser's performance last season was disappointing, mainly because the team gave Proiser too much patience to Proiser, who had no professional football coaching experience, and after 21 rounds of dismissal, Dusser gradually got on track under the leadership of black coach Chiune, once unbeaten in 12 games. Under him, hennings and Kinczek, two powerful centers, have joined forces to spark and balance offense and defense better.
This summer, Dusse, whose strength can easily be ranked in the top half of the Bundesliga, has not changed much, buying out Japan internationals Tanaka Bi and Dutch Iron Guard De Wells, which are two important operations. At the end of the transfer, veterans Harttz, Prieb, Bodzek and other veterans who gradually faded out of the main lineup left the team, basically without blood loss. But one of the more troublesome problems at the moment is that the team's black winger Narai, who scored 8 goals and 15 assists last season, is seeking to transfer to the Greek super-Ssaloniki, and his departure and potential substitute after leaving the team will bring a lot of variables to Dusse's prospects for the new season. In the last warm-up game before the season, Narai kicked down and Dusey lost 1-5 to Twente, which sounded a wake-up call for the team.
However, in general, Dusse, who is absolutely strong and has a good chemical reaction between the manager and the team, is still expected to appear in the top position of the league.
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe fell from 6th to 12th last season, but the Baden never felt the real relegation pressure and opened up points mode late in the season. For this middle and lower-class team with average financial resources, Eichner, who played for Carrou as a player, has been quite successful, and they have repeatedly blocked strong teams with good resilience, and even eliminated Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup last season. But Karoo, who has average ball skills, often loses points in some games that should be won.
In the summer, Karlsruhe lost the high school striker Philippe Hoffmann, whom he had relied on in recent seasons, and he scored 19 goals in the Bundesliga last season, and lost this fulcrum and scoring point on a free transfer to Bochum in the Bundesliga, and Eichner also admitted that the new season may be the biggest challenge of his tenure. Accordingly, Caru brought in 1.93-metre-tall high-school striker Simon Rapp from the Swiss super-Vaduz, who scored 16 goals last season, but his previous career was not efficient, and it will take time to see if he can really fill Hoffmann's absence. In addition, Karoo made a large adjustment on the wing, the energetic Goler and the veteran Lorenz who was sharp in crosses left the team, and accordingly hired the short-legged tiger Nebel from Mainz and signed the black winger Alather. In addition, from the free former Hanover captain Center-back Frank, can make up for the gap in Bormut's departure, but overall, Carlo, who lost the top scorer, the situation in the new season is not optimistic, once Rapp is not smart, the team may be deeply involved in the relegation war.
Rostock
Of the three Promotions in the Bundesliga last season, Neither Dresden nor Ingolstadt was able to avoid relegation, with the only ones left to be rostock, germany's northeasternmost port, and coming ashore two rounds early. The veteran coach Oftre, who has coached the team for 3 and a half years, has condensed the team into a disciplined and powerful whole, the style of play is full of oppression, and the strong atmosphere of the Baltic Sea Stadium will also become the killer of the team as the audience returns in the new season.
Rostock managed to keep pillar level shooter Phil Hook and had 3 important gains in the transfer market. Luxembourg striker Thiel, who signed last season's Champions League group stage for Sheriff Sharif to kill Real Madrid, brought full-fledged midfielder Drexel from Munich in the Bundesliga in 1860 and power winger Progel from Paderborn. At the end of the transfer, midfielder Behrens traveled to Indonesia to pan for gold, but Tier could complement the position, and it was regrettable that he could not leave the defender becker, who was rented from Schalke.
But overall, the strength of Rostock's squad has increased unabated, and although it is still a relegation team, the mature playing style and the coach's old and spicy "overturning ship" is expected to defend the Bundesliga qualification again and bring surprises in some matches.
Magdeburg
In the 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup final, Magdeburg became the only team in the former East Germany to win the intercontinental championship. The new season is the former powerhouse, playing in the Bundesliga for the second time, and they want to do everything in their power to succeed in relegation, rather than a year trip like in the 18-19 season. Last season, Marburg upgraded by a huge margin of 14 points ahead of the second place, Titz's team held high the offensive flag, scoring 83 goals in one season, and the core player from the Homura academy, Atik, even delivered an exaggerated report card of 19 goals and 21 assists. However, in the higher leagues, Marburg's offensive style of possession flow, which is dominated by me, can be played with question marks, after all, after the Bundesliga, their strength is relatively weak, and if the ball style is not right, it is likely to be doomed.
In the transfer market, Marburg has brought in 9 new signings, but they are basically from the lower leagues, do not have Bundesliga experience, and the most noteworthy is the central defender Lawrence, who is rented from Bayern and is 2 meters tall. At the turn-off end, Marburg's blood loss was quite serious, and captain Tobias Muller, Philippine international Obermeier and winger Conte were transferred to Paderborn together.
Magdeburg's strength is even backwards, the defensive line is not stable enough, and it needs to use a strong home atmosphere and confident attack to fight a bloody road. But Marburg's journey this season, I personally am not optimistic.
Brunswick
Brunswick has become an uncompromising lifting team in recent years, rising from Bundesliga to Bundesliga in 19-20, then relegated, and then immediately back to Bundesliga, and in the last 20 years, Brunswick has experienced as many as 11 promotions and relegations. The Lions, who won the Bundesliga title in 1967, have only their goal this season to stabilize in the Bundesliga. Brunswick was promoted as a Bundesliga runner-up, but the road to promotion was not strong, only 64 points were scored in 36 rounds, the team's defensive ability was acceptable, but the offensive end was not smart, only high school forward Lauberbach, a relatively stable output point.
The good news is that Braunschweig has not lost a single player this summer, and there are still some additions in the transfer market, such as signing a talented Dutch attacker Feri from Dort ii, signing veteran De Calley from Bundesliga Bochum, and goalkeeper Hoffmann, who has signed from Bayern, who is also expected to compete for the main force. However, the lions with limited strength also know that with the current state of the squad, it is still difficult to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga. Sporting general manager Foreman was open and honest, saying he wanted to bring in at least three more players before closing the window. He felt that Brunswick was always promoted and demoted repeatedly, also because he was sometimes too anxious when forming a team, and this time he had to be patient. Brunswick's reinforcements are not yet complete, and with the current squad alone, it is difficult to get rid of the bottom 3 positions, to be honest.