The Blue Zebras . . .

Hot on the heels of their home win against Braunschweig in Spieltag 24. the Blue Zebras of MSV Duisburg come to the Olympiastadion on Sunday the 10th. It looks like it will be quite cool on Sunday. The forecast says -2°C with perhaps a little snow. Lets hope Hertha will give the Zebras a cool reception and get back to winning ways on the weekend!

On Match Day 
MSV have had a mixed bag of results leading up to this match. Six points from a possible 15 with with three draws one win but one loss in the last five matches. Hertha have three wins, one draw and a loss in the same period. But, importantly, Hertha came back from Dresden with nothing last week so we have lost some momentum recently.

Hertha will need to be careful, Duisburg very sportingly beat Braunschweig in the last game so they will be no push over. We have absolutely no grounds for complacency but we can, and must, win this one.. We need every point here as a lot could happen still between now and the end if the season with 30 points still up for grabs.

On Spieltag 25, as always, much may depend on which Ronny comes out to play on Sunday.  Well I hope I hope he enjoys playing in the snow! I woke up on match day to find a sea of white outside, with snow "flakes" the size of large marbles floating down from the depressingly normal grey Berlin sky.

The Olympiastadion was blanketed in snow today and the temperature was dropping as the afternoon went on. The fine powdery snow was drifting off the stadium roof blowing past the flood lights creating a weird misty effect in the stadium at times.


The pitch was clear however so the ground staff must have worked hard keeping it clear as a lot of snow had fallen overnight.

Before the match - the pitch was clear of snow although everything outside was white.

The Match.
A great home win for Hertha who romp home against the Zebras with goals from Adrian Ramos, Ronny and a brace from Sami Allagui. It was a little confused at the time where one of the goals from Sami was thought to be an own goal by a defending Zebra. When I got home my apps were all crediting Sami and I am sure he will take it!  The final whistle saw a scoreline of 4:2 and a joyous crowd - Ha Ho He Hertha BSC!

This leaves Hertha top of the table and, until Monday at least, 15 points clear of Kaiserslautern and four points from Braunschweig. We will be top on Monday no matter what happens! 

If Kaiserslautern win - we remain four points clear at the top although the gap above the playoff spot is cut back to twelve.
If Braunschweig win - it leaves Hertha with a massive 15 points gap above the playoff spot with only 27 left to play for!

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