Saturday the 23rd of August saw the first game of the season at the Olympiastadion as Werder came to Berlin. There was a decent sized crowd there for the match (59,672) and the atmosphere was, as always, fantastic. A great little Choreo was performed by the fans in the Ostkurve before the start and I managed to catch a bit near the end on my phone to share -
| I was hoping to good things and as the match started it looked as if I was going to get them. The Ostkurve were in fine voice as you can see in this video clip showing the support in the second minute of the match - Ha-Ho-He Hertha BSC! | |
After just 16 minutes our new striker Julian Schieber placed a header past the keeper and into the net. The crowd loved it! Well apart from a few guys wearing green for some inexplicable reason (perhaps they were colour blind - very sad). Hertha had pretty good control and, if I remember correctly they had 9 shots to only one from Werder in the first half.
They picked up where they left off in the second half where Schieber picked up a second within two minutes of the start! Briefly we were in heaven, but then it all unravelled. Hertha lost focus following a disputed refereeing decision and then went on to concede two goals in two minutes. They came close a few times but couldn't score again. You know things are not going your way when Sandro Wagner is brought on and sadly, it didn't help and at full time it was 2:2. A few photos from my phone to give a taste of the afternoon.
They picked up where they left off in the second half where Schieber picked up a second within two minutes of the start! Briefly we were in heaven, but then it all unravelled. Hertha lost focus following a disputed refereeing decision and then went on to concede two goals in two minutes. They came close a few times but couldn't score again. You know things are not going your way when Sandro Wagner is brought on and sadly, it didn't help and at full time it was 2:2. A few photos from my phone to give a taste of the afternoon.
One piece of bad news was Genki Haraguchi injured his shoulder and it sounds like he'll be out for at least three weeks. It's a shame as he was doing really well with his debut up until that point.
But hey, a point is a point and certainly better than no points at all. In the coming months Hertha will need to sort their heads out and not allow themselves to be thrown so badly by decisions they don't agree with or feel were unjust. It's all part of the game and an important one at times like these when two points were lost by a few minutes loss of focus. Easier said than done I'm sure but onwards and upwards!
But hey, a point is a point and certainly better than no points at all. In the coming months Hertha will need to sort their heads out and not allow themselves to be thrown so badly by decisions they don't agree with or feel were unjust. It's all part of the game and an important one at times like these when two points were lost by a few minutes loss of focus. Easier said than done I'm sure but onwards and upwards!
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