With Fabian Lustenberger with a hamstring injury picked up in training we are waiting to see who will be wearing the armband when the Old Lady heads up to Hamburg. It appears he'll be out for at least two weeks so sadly, he'll miss the Wolfsburg game as well.
Hamburg SV have not been having a nice time if it of late and the dinosaurs are in the drop zone after five straight defeats. Having said this Hertha have had a disappointing start to the Rückrunde as well.
We can't afford to be so wasteful with our chances in Hamburg. The HSV defence has been disorganised and generally no doing the business recently. We are going to have to capitalise on that and really make the most if our chances to bring those three points back to Berlin.
I'm out for the day in Dorset but I'll do my very best to be back home in time to catch the BT Sport coverage of the match. Fingers crossed!
We can't afford to be so wasteful with our chances in Hamburg. The HSV defence has been disorganised and generally no doing the business recently. We are going to have to capitalise on that and really make the most if our chances to bring those three points back to Berlin.
I'm out for the day in Dorset but I'll do my very best to be back home in time to catch the BT Sport coverage of the match. Fingers crossed!
| It's in the press on Saturday morning about The Old Lady being without Lusti and Per Skjelbred recovering from Flu. Fair enough I hear you say - but they also say HSV may be playing Lasogga who is on loan from Hertha. How does that work?? In the end Lasogga stayed on the bench but, from the HSV angle Per Skjelbred didn't. Something in the loan deal I guess |  The teams announced by Hertha . . |
Wow, what a great game for Hertha! Thrills and spills - a missed penalty followed by three an answered goals!!
Hosogai brought down in the box by a crazy tackle lead to a penalty to be taken by Adrian Ramos. It wasn't a good one to be honest and Rene Adler pushed it out for a corner. The start of Hamburg's woes came as the corner came in, Ramos headed it down and Sami Allagui bundled/poached it in. What the Hamburg defence were doing is beyond me!
Two more goals from Adrian Ramos in the 23rd and 38th minutes effectively put the game to bed. The second goal followed a lovely one two between Adrian and Johannes van den Bergh. Hamburger SV never really turned up and Thomas Kraft didn't have too much to do.
Hertha worked hard today in that they covered 117km (110km by HSV) and won 55% of the tackles in the process. Hosogai, van den Bergh and Pekarik covered 11.4km each and the recently returned Tolga Cigerci wasn't far behind. Hosogai was everywhere as usual, he's been an excellent buy this season. The absence of Fabian Lustenberger and the recent recovery of Per Skjelbred from flu didn't have a massive impact and Hertha were often attacking in numbers. The Old Lady was imperious and looking every bit an established Bundesliga team. Wonderful!
Where Hamburger SV go from here it is hard to say. Six losses in a row is enough to make any fan's heart sink and the very real prospect of the "dino" getting relagated has been thrust into their faces this weeekend. I don't wish that on anyone but I'm pretty sure those fans attacking players cars after the match is not part of the answer . . .
Hosogai brought down in the box by a crazy tackle lead to a penalty to be taken by Adrian Ramos. It wasn't a good one to be honest and Rene Adler pushed it out for a corner. The start of Hamburg's woes came as the corner came in, Ramos headed it down and Sami Allagui bundled/poached it in. What the Hamburg defence were doing is beyond me!
Two more goals from Adrian Ramos in the 23rd and 38th minutes effectively put the game to bed. The second goal followed a lovely one two between Adrian and Johannes van den Bergh. Hamburger SV never really turned up and Thomas Kraft didn't have too much to do.
Hertha worked hard today in that they covered 117km (110km by HSV) and won 55% of the tackles in the process. Hosogai, van den Bergh and Pekarik covered 11.4km each and the recently returned Tolga Cigerci wasn't far behind. Hosogai was everywhere as usual, he's been an excellent buy this season. The absence of Fabian Lustenberger and the recent recovery of Per Skjelbred from flu didn't have a massive impact and Hertha were often attacking in numbers. The Old Lady was imperious and looking every bit an established Bundesliga team. Wonderful!
Where Hamburger SV go from here it is hard to say. Six losses in a row is enough to make any fan's heart sink and the very real prospect of the "dino" getting relagated has been thrust into their faces this weeekend. I don't wish that on anyone but I'm pretty sure those fans attacking players cars after the match is not part of the answer . . .
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