Corona swatter for the Berliners. Hertha remains without a win in the seventh competitive game in 2022, going down dramatically in front of 10,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium with 1: 6 against RB Leipzig. The fear of relegation is growing, only one point ahead of 16th place.
The first shock before kick-off: Eight professionals (Serdar, Stark, Plattenhardt, Mittelstädt, Boateng, Ekkelenkamp, Klünter, Lee) are out with Corona at short notice.
Manager Fredi Bobic on DAZN: “We weren’t far away from having to make an application not to play the game. But we don’t complain.”
Hertha’s emergency team is fighting bravely. After Henrichs was 0-1 behind (20′), Hertha-Knipser Jovetic (48′) makes it 1-1. And still has two giants (50th/54th) on the foot.
Then Marc Oliver Kempf tears Hertha into bankruptcy.
When the score was 1: 1, Hertha’s new defense boss knocked over Nkunku in the penalty area and saw red for it! The fouled hits a penalty to make it 1: 2 (64th) for Leipzig.
Hertha collapses afterwards! Again Nkunku (67th), Olmo (74th), Haidara (82nd) and Poulsen (88th) meet and humiliate Hertha.
Shocked Marco Richter: “It was a very bitter experience after the red card, after which we let ourselves be shot, which shouldn’t happen. I don’t know what happened there. Words don’t help, we have to follow up with deeds.”
Coach Tayfun Korkut: “The result is everything, but you have to split the game into two parts. We even had momentum after the equaliser. The red card and the deficit were decisive for the game. Then you get a result like this.”
What’s next? Bobic: “We are brutally disappointed. The result is madness. Looking at the game, we saw two different games. But I don’t want to sugarcoat anything.”
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Hard times are dawning for Hertha. Is Korkut still the right one?
Bobic sticks by him: “I experience him very clearly, he hits the right note with the players. He does it the way you imagine it in the situation. Zero activism, a very clear plan.”
However: In terms of points, the change from Dardai to Korkut has not needed anything so far. On the contrary – it got even worse.