I'm looking forward to the match on Sunday against 1. FC Nürnberg (no suprise there!). When the two teams met in the Hinrunde it ended with a point a piece but that was not in the Olympiastadion! On a mildly cool day in February in Berlin with a home crown firmly behind them I'm hoping Die Alte Dame will retain all three points catapulting her back to sixth place in the Bundesliga. We'll soon see I guess!
Nürnberg won their last match 4:0 against Hoffenheim and that was their biggest win for three years but also their first win this season! This is the match that leads them into the away match in Berlin on Sunday. On the other side of the coin Hertha are still riding high and have won 29:16 (64%) of there previous home encounters against 1. FC Nürnberg.
Having said all of this, Jos Luhukay has never won against Nürnberg so there is no place for complacency and we need a win tomorrow to keep us on track to end up in the top half in May.
Post match.
Well, Hertha ended up going down 3:1 . . . I'll could only comment from my admittedly biased perspective when I'd calmed down a bit . . . mutter .. mutter . . (Ref) . . (robbed) . . .
OK van den Bergh didn't have a good game getting a yellow for a rash challenge within two minutes. He then went on to make a clearance that cost Hertha the equalising goal. Not a good day at the office but I hope he'll bounce back from it. We missed chances, especially in the first half, including one sitter by Ramos. You could almost feel it was going to going to come back and bite us. Had it gone in we would have been 2:0 up and perhaps things could have turned out very differently.
But, deep into the second half, how can that not be a red card and a penalty? Ronny sends the ball over the top towards goal - Ramos passive offside at this stage - Nürnberg player at the back post (hand waving up in the air) keeps it out of the net by handing it out like a keeper! Ramos now, and only now smacks it in. But, no hand, a ball in the net - Ramos not active at that stage!! Ramos blocking the keeper?? Nah!
It appears as of 03/02/2014 · 13:20 the DFB have an opinion on the matter. They say refereeing community agree that the call was incorrect and Ramos did NOT impede Schäfer in getting back to the goal sufficiently to warrant it being called offside. Therefore, the red card should have stood and the penalty awarded. For those German speakers amoungst you (or those who are a dab hand with Chrome) a news article on the DFB site - Penalty for Hertha or Offside: Complex situation
I have calmed down a little now and can only hope Hertha come back fighting next week. . . a few random photos taken at the match . .
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