Hertha survived and condemned Hamburg to proceed to Second

Historic Hamburg must continue to wait to achieve the long-awaited return to the top category of German football after failing to defend the rent of a goal (0-1) it achieved in the first leg when it fell to 0-2 in Hertha Berlin on Monday in the second leg of the tie for promotion or permanent.

It was a disappointment for the Hanseatic team who, surprisingly, as their executioner was one of the club’s greatest legends, Felix Magath, the player who led Hamburg to the European Cup conquest in the forthcoming year 1983.

Today’s Hertha coach, unlike what happened on Thursday at the Berlin Olympics, clearly defeated Hamburg coach Tim Walter, through the aggressive pressure he exerted on his players.

Kevin-Prince Boateng, implicated in pressure

A job where players like Ghanaian Kevin-Prince Boateng, who didn’t play a minute in the first leg, or Montenegrin Stevan Jovetic, who only played in the second half of the Olympic Games, are fully trained.

The pressure was eased by Argentine Santiago Ascacíbar’s return to starting eleven, after missing the first game due to suspension, whose ability to occupy the entire midfield helped his teammates harass his rival around the area.

Boyata quickly opened up the scoring

An incident that allowed Hertha to steal the ball repeatedly, leading to a series of arrivals that allowed the visitors to get ahead of the game after 4 minutes on the scoreboard (0-1) with headed goal by Belgian Dedryck Boyata at the exit of a corner

A result that did not diminish the intensity of the Berlin team, who, driven by Marvin Plattenhardt’s continuous attack on the left side, went on to find the goal that would surely ensure their stay in the Bundesliga.

Hertha superiority

A goal that was about to reach the 31st minute with a shot from the edge of the area by French midfielder Lucas Tousart forced the local goalkeeper, Portuguese Daniel Heuer Fernandes, to shine.

Only the fatigue accumulated over the minutes eased Hertha’s pressure, allowing Hamburg, who were unable to shoot between three posts throughout the first half, to start creating dangerous chances in the second. half.

But nonetheless, Magath’s staff didn’t seem to lose control of the match, thanks to the greater talent of players like Plattenhardt, who soon established the 0-2 scoreline in the 54th minute.

Sentence

A goal came nine minutes later, in the 63rd minute, from a lateral free kick where Marvin Plattenhardt showed his great ball kick through a shot that surprised the local goalkeeper at the far post.

So it seems to have completely ended the promotion aspirations of a team in Hamburg that didn’t seem to score, unlike a Hertha team, which had an unbeatable chance in Jovetic’s boots in the 73rd minute to definitely judge the tie. .

But nothing can stop the permanence of the Berlin team, which will continue another campaign in the highest category of German football at the expense of a Hamburg who, after dropping for the first time in its history in 2018, will have to continue playing in the Bundesliga 2 .