Berlin (AP) – Hertha trainer Felix Magath is still considering a tactical switch to a double leadership with Davie Selke and Ishak Belfodil in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga.
“I always play, and I like to play. Let me play with the idea. I’m not sure yet,” said the Berlin head coach before the potentially trend-setting away game on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky) at fellow competitor Arminia Bielefeld.
Magath praised attackers Selke and Belfodil after their goals in the 2-0 win over VfB Stuttgart and considered starting the duo together. So far, the 68-year-old had only relied on one central attacker since he took up his post at Hertha. After the two victories against Augsburg (1-0) and VfB, Magath warned against thinking that they had already reached their goal in the relegation battle.
“We got bronze and can get silver in Bielefeld,” Magath drew an Olympic parallel. Gold, as a relegation, would be possible if the Berliners win in Bielefeld and at the same time VfL Wolfsburg wins at VfB Stuttgart. Before the 32nd matchday, the Berliners are 15th in the table. four points ahead of VfB and six on Bielefeld.
Magath reported that there was still no reconciliation after the recent discord between the team and Hertha fans. After a humiliating jersey action after the Berlin derby after the victories in Augsburg and against Stuttgart, the players had refused to go to the fan curve. “We won’t let this problem distract us before this away game,” said Magath. Only before the last home game of the season on May 7 against Mainz 05 will we see “how we can solve it,” said the Hertha coach.