Berlin (AP) – Urs Fischer would regret Hertha BSC’s relegation from the Bundesliga. The coach of 1. FC Union Berlin said in an interview before the duel with Hertha BSC the “Kicker”: “It would be a shame, something would be missing, derbies are part of it.”
While the Unioners want to set new goals for this season after the 1-0 win against 1. FC Köln in seventh with 41 points and can look to international business, the western rival from the capital is worried about staying in the class.
Hertha must do it on its own, “not hope for others, because hope is sometimes hopeless,” said Fischer. At the same time, the 56-year-old Swiss emphasized: “But I’m confident that Hertha will stay up in the league.” Before the city duel next Saturday (6.30 p.m. / Sky) in the Olympic Stadium, Hertha slipped to the penultimate place in the table.
15 points difference
After winning the first game under Felix Magath, which he could only watch from the hotel due to a corona infection, Hertha lost 2-1 at Bayer Leverkusen. The club, with its consistently high standards, scored 15 points fewer than Union, which is only playing in its third Bundesliga season.
“It’s going to be another hard-fought game on Saturday, everyone’s hot, and the whole thing gets pumped up again during the week. It’s just a derby,” said Fischer. There have already been two of them this season: Union won the first leg at home 2-0 in the championship and 3-2 at Hertha in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup.