Fussball Musings
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Hertha Podcast
  • Hertha Gallery
  • Visiting the Olympiastadion Berlin
  • Other Media
  • Fußball Terms
  • Contact

David and the Bayern Giant

11/30/2014

1 Comment

 
Picture
It is Saturday and Berlin finds itself under a cool grey blanket of cloud.  My outside thermometer says just 1°C and I suspect visiting Bayern will get a reception in the Olympiastadion today that is at least as cool.

Layers of clothing have been made ready for this afternoon and it appears my better half is going to be wearing everything!  Having said this, and although it will be an annoying number of "red ants" there, it will be great to see the Olympiastadion full to capacity.  I'm so looking forward to the atmosphere.

There is no need to say much about our chances against Goliath, he is a big and ugly opponent but hey, David did it in the old testament so why not here in Berlin?
A few hours later -
Well, David did not bring down Goliath this time but he had a pretty good stab at it and the atmosphere lived up to expectations as well!

You can see and hear a small sample of what it was like in the video clip shown here - please turn the volume right up to get the full effect!!  

Hertha only managed to have about 21% of the possession and only one shot at goal but they kept the Bavarian giant under wraps apart from the decider that came from Robben in the 27th minute. Hertha worked hard and fought hard right up until the end. Bayern, for all their possession were limited to just the one goal by Hertha players closing them down. Having said this, Thomas Kraft did a great job between the posts and plucked parried and blocked for all he was worth - and he's worth quite a lot!

This all leaves the bottom half of the table pretty tight. Although Hertha are only three points from the bottom of the table they are only two points from the middle of the table as well. Every single point could be vital with so little separating so much in terms of survival. Aiming for at least a point away at M'Gladbach is a must. To do that Hertha must defend as well but also, they must score. Fingers crossed!

Here are a few photos to give you a snapshot of the afternoon.

1 Comment
Cody LaBoy
12/17/2014 11:25:54 am

Really appreciate the write-ups! Great win against Dortmund last week!

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Archives

    March 2022
    February 2021
    November 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012

    Categories

    All
    Chelsea
    Hertha
    Hertha U23
    Olympiastadion
    Other
    Schenckendorffplatz
    Wembley

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly