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Hamburger SV at home

8/24/2013

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I arrived back in the UK a couple if days ago so I am in England for this home match against HSV. On the plus side it appears BT Sport appear to be showing the match live on Saturday so at least I can watch it properly. Coverage starts at 17:00 BST and lasts for 165 minutes for those if you who have access to it.

Hamburg have not got off to a good start this season with a hard fought draw followed by a heavy loss. They will be getting desperate for points. Hertha on the other hand have started well and are brimming with confidence. I hope the rubbish and lies printed in the gutter press about Hertha players has not affected them in any way. At times like this it is down to Jos Luhukay and Michael Preetz to keep the team's collective heads together and focused on the task at hand.
There are a few players not available for the HSV match as Pierre-Michel Losogga, Johannes van de Bergh, Marcel Ndjeng and Hani Mukhtar are all injured. In addition it appears Roman Hubnik, Ben Sahar, Kobi, Philip Sprint and Maik Franz are not going to be in the squad.

The starting eleven were:
Kraft
Pekarik, Langkamp, Brooks
Schulz, Hosogai, Lustenberger
Allagui, Baumjohann, Ben-Hatira and Ramos

The home fans put on an impressive choreo to show their support for the team - First Clkass since 1892!
The Match

At half time it was 0:0 with Hertha being the stronger overall. Some worrying defensive errors from Nico Schultz could have cost Hertha dearly but the ball stayed out of the net. A near catastrophic mistake from Thomas Kraft was recovered by a nifty first touch to regain the ball
The second half was a nervous affair. Hertha have a bit of a history of throwing things away when they "should" win. Call me biased if you like but the HSV looked like they were wrestling our lads to the ground too many times for my liking. Having said this Hertha had the best of the second half although they had to rely on some heroics from Thomas Kraft to save they day.

It was all wrapped up when Nico Schulz put a beautiful pass over to Adrian Ramos who slotted it away in the 74th minute.  The clock ticked very slowly for last 16 minutes and the added 3 minutes. Both teams made changes in the last few minutes but Hertha held on to a fantastic victory.

Seven points from the first nine is a superb start to the season for Hertha and better than we could have dreamed of. The Hertha TV video below shows the team celebrating with the fans -  
                                           Ha Ho He - HERTHA BSC ! ! !
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