0:5 Defeat in Leipzig, Germany : Hertha device under the wheels

After a played hour Pal Dardai was sitting on the edge of the bench and pinched his lips. He was supported. 0:5 it was against his team – and the worst still seemed not to have survived. In the Top game of the Bundesliga, his team had conceded in eight minutes, three goals against. Never his team was in his tenure as head coach of Hertha BSC in such a way under the wheels. Where should the lead here?

half An hour later, the final whistle of a redemption. It stopped in front of 41 939 spectators in the Leipzig Arena during 0:5 (0:2). The swatter at the table third RB Leipzig for Berlin is not only the highest defeat of the season, but also the third defeat in a row, a first in the previous season.

"We are here" kidding

For the team, Pal Dardai, it should go in the remaining seven Games, only to conquer the ninth place of the table. A higher position in the table, the season's goal. To achieve this, should be hard enough. "This is painful", said Dardai, "I would like to say anything now that I still have something wrong to say."

by Ralf Rangnick coached the Leipzig team dominated from the start, she was trimmed on the attack. With three, four players for the hosts were the Berliners, who had to their work. A game was not even possible in the first place. The three chain of the Berlin was often enough for the five-chain, because the Leipzig game clear and the field was superior and the way to the opposing goal sought.

After a quarter of an hour Hertha had to relent to the continuous pressure for the first Time. After a pass from Kevin Kampl point Emil Forsberg came to the amount of the Penalty to the shot. The Swede scored the 1:0.
and The Leipzig were runners and in a playful way the Berliners vastly superior - "a gala performance" on how to rank nick said later. Either the Berliners came one step too late, or the assignment is not agreed with you. The lustful game, the host had to reset the Berlin this Saturday evening. You seemed overwhelmed in a phased manner.

especially in the Defensive Hertha had all sorts of problems with the fast strikers of Leipzig, Yussuf Poulsen and Timo Werner. The two players, which were the result after half an hour to 2:0. Poulsen scored following an assist from Werner. The advance of a blunder by Fabian Lustenberger was gone.

Offensively, the Berlin, instead of found as well as not. the Central midfield of the Berlin Ondrej Duda, Arne Maier and Marko Grujic could not bind the powerful passing game of the Leipzig and was, therefore, never really have access to the game. "Today looked like neither Offensive nor Defensive," said Dardai.

coach Pal Dardai was powerful

From Berlin's point of view, not the picture changed in the second section. First of all, the goalkeeper was able to parry Rune Jarstein with a shot of Werner Maier explained after the following corner on the goal line. But then it happened: Poulsen scored after an assist by Forsberg, the 0:3. And there's still half an hour to play, Hertha threatened to fall under the wheels.

coach Dardai brought Luke Klünter Lustenberger, but more stable, the Berlin have not been characterized. On The Contrary. Just a Minute later Poulsen scored his third goal of the day, the 4:0 for the Leipzig. 60 seconds later, it was even 0:5, Haidara Amadou had taken. "We're kidding", said afterwards, Valentino Lazaro, and trudged into the cabin, "we were missing the Basics."

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Then there were the Leipzig finally. occurs Rank nick took his goalscorer Poulsen and Forsberg from the field and spared for other tasks. The game was over and decided. Herthas goalkeeper Jarstein kept one or two balls. Then was – from Berlin perspective – finally.