Fredi Bobic was in high spirits after the passionate 3:2 victory over Borussia Dortmund to end the first half of the season. Double-pointer Marco Richter also expressed his relief – and also spoke about Erling Haaland.
Tayfun Korkut has a good record as Hertha’s new coach, apart from the recent 4-0 defeat in Mainz. In addition to a 2-2 draw against Stuttgart, there has also been a 2-0 win against Bielefeld and a remarkable 3-2 win against second-placed Borussia Dortmund to close out the first half of the season this Saturday.
“It was a highly deserved victory,” said Pal Dardai’s successor after the coup over BVB and also with a view to the debacle at FSV. “We are happy to have taken the three points, especially about the way we did it. The most important thing was the reaction to the game in Mainz. “
Judge senses Haaland’s frustration
But how exactly did that happen within a few days? Marco Richter, who was the match-winner on Saturday with two superb finishes, went in search of clues in an interview with “Sky”, but quickly came to the conclusion: “It’s difficult for me to answer that. In Mainz it was just a total failure from the whole team. We then just talked to each other and really wanted it today, especially before Christmas.” He said that succeeded with passion, ambition, cohesion and also courage on the offensive.
One factor was certainly the defence, which had Dortmund’s top scorer Erling Haaland very well under control for long stretches – especially the two centre-backs Jordan Torunarigha and captain Niklas Stark. At times, the Norwegian had even looked a little frustrated, which had not escaped Richter’s notice: “We definitely felt it a little bit. But we simply did very, very well against him today – especially because we know that he can also like to score a double.
Bobic wants to talk about football
At the end of the day, the Herthans gained a little more distance to the bottom with points 19, 20 and 21 and even managed to distance themselves from the equally weak first half of the 2020/21 season (17 points). This also pleased ex-professional Fredi Bobic, who came from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer, who was visibly in a good mood, praised the work of the new coach Korkut explicitly for the rediscovered offensive courage of the players and wants to see such performances from the team more often.
Christmas wish included: “If I could wish for something: that all the crap around us is over. That’s what I would wish for the most.” The 50-year-old was surely referring to all the issues that have been surrounding Hertha BSC for a long time. And yet Bobic basically wants only one thing: “Quite honestly, sometimes football gets short shrift. We talk a lot about football, which is great fun – but the other things often overshadow a lot. And sometimes I wish it would all blow over. “
How can we manage to talk only about football in Berlin, which is successful at best? Bobic promptly provided the answer himself: “We want to win more games, and that will be enough.
