Hertha BSC will also play in the Bundesliga next season. The club from Berlin was too strong for Hamburger SV in the return of the play-offs for promotion and relegation with 0-2 and thus secured enforcement.
Hertha had lost the first leg 0-1. Because Monday’s game ended in a 0-2 victory, the team of trainer Felix Magath became the winner of the diptych.
Hertha BSC finished sixteenth in the Bundesliga and was therefore forced to play in the play-offs. That looked bad last Thursday when Hertha lost at home to a goal from Dutch midfielder Ludovit Reis.
Hertha took the lead early in Hamburg. Dedryck Boyata tied the score in the two matches with his goal. After more than an hour, Marvin Plattenhardt shot a free kick into the goal in one go, over HSV keeper Daniel Fernandes, who had come a bit far from his goal.
In the final phase, the Berliners held out, which means that HSV has to play in the 2. Bundesliga for the fifth year in a row. Hamburger SV had finished third in the 2. Bundesliga, behind champions Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen.