Bochum also struggled against SV Elversberg, although the Saarlanders played outnumbered after the early yellow-red card against Jan Gyamerah (5th). As a can opener, a ping pong goal from Ibrahima Sissoko had to go after a corner, in the end the VfL won 2-0 and got away with a blue eye. After all, three points are acceptable after two games.
Balanced squad with Bundesliga experience as well as promising young players and the supposedly best storm duo of the league-Hertha BSC was on the rise for almost every second division expert before the season. And not only by the experts, but also those responsible themselves aggressively emphasized that the Bundesliga promotion was the clear goal. So also top star Fabian Reese, who spoke several times of this goal.
After the 1-2 opening defeat on Schalke, Hertha played 0-0 draw at home at home-and that was rather happy, the better team was the Karlsruher. This is evidenced by the XG value (Expected Goals, in German: expected goals). While the value of the capitals was still well below 1 with 0.66, the Badeners had an XG value of 1.4. In this respect, the Berliners should not have complained if the game had been lost, they did not earn themselves in the course of the game. The most promising was a crossbar from the distance from Maurice Krattenmacher.
So there is still a lot of sand in the gear at the Hertha. “We cannot be satisfied with the first two games,” said sports director Benjamin Weber, while head coach Stefan Leitl campaigned for patience: “We got a point. Let the church in the village and do not paint too black, we still have 32 days.” That’s right, but the Hertha will have to increase a lot.