2. Bundesliga
Despite leadership: Hertha also loses in Düsseldorf
Updated on February 15, 2025 – 10:55 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Four defeats in the last four games: Hertha BSC is sporty after a bankruptcy in Düsseldorf. It gets tight for the trainer.
Hertha BSC’s crisis is expanding. At Fortuna Düsseldorf, the capitals lost the fourth game in a row. In the Saturday evening of the 22nd match day of the 2nd Bundesliga it was 2-1 (0: 1) for the hosts.
After Fabian Reese took the Hertha in the 13th minute, Dženan Pejčinović made the final score on his 20th birthday with a double pack within a few minutes (55./58.).
The Hertha is currently in the lower midfield of the table as currently 13th and the descent zone is always arrested. For the Hertha coach Cristian Fiél, who has been in office since the beginning of the season, was the encounter in Düsseldorf, where the Berliners had not previously won more than 14 years than a kind of final.
At the press conference before the game, Fiél had made it clear that a victory was the expectations of sporting leadership. His team started accordingly. Reese got the lead with a Schlenzer, and afterwards the Hertha remained game -determining, but missed the result.
After the change of sides, Düsseldorf got better. The striker Pejcinović, who had substituted at the second half, struck twice after the guests in the back team lost the assignment.
The Berliners caught again, the Fortuna now lurked on counterattack. Luca Schuler missed the equalization with a header to the post (83.).