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Right now, the story of the club is one of almost nonstop managerial and squad upheaval. Head Coach Jürgen Press is working hard to instill a high-press system that makes good use of the squad's athleticism and is all about quickness and transition. A recent round of recruiting saw the club bring in a young midfielder from the Regionalliga, adding some much-needed bodies to the central corridor, while a wily old veteran in the back line got shipped off to a 3. Liga side. Reports on the walking wounded list have word that forward Lukas Matuszak is down and out for six weeks with a hammy, opening the door wide for Mathias Gidsel to roam free and do his thing in the attacking third. The game (and the talk around the water cooler) plans to go on without two promising young graduates who just moved up from the club's youth academy to the first team, putting them on a path that has a good chance to lead through a Bundesliga door.