Was that it for Hertha BSC? Coach Dardai makes a tough judgment after the gossip in Cologne. He doesn’t spare himself any criticism either. When the members meet on Sunday, there is a great risk of trouble.
It’s a credit to Pal Dardai that he wasn’t in the mood for implausible perseverance slogans. The remarks of the Hertha BSC coach after the 2: 5 at 1. FC Köln were nothing less than a first farewell speech to the Bundesliga.
Dardai denied his team the quality across the board. Too little speed, even too little mentality – that’s not how the class can be maintained. “The team was bought that way,” said the Hungarian resignedly.
Pointing the finger at others who have been making mistakes for years before his third rescue mission in the management of Berlin is not Dardais’ way. He also acknowledged a crucial omission himself. Namely, to have apparently overestimated the team. “I look for the mistake in myself,” said the 47-year-old: “Maybe I talked too much about attacking football. I had the feeling that the defensive stability was there. But when Cologne went up tempo, we had a huge Deficit. We just don’t have the speed and we don’t have the duel. We couldn’t keep up with every sprint over 30 meters.”
Dardai: “See what happens at the weekend”
Quality is one thing, but accusations of lack of attitude were even worse. “We have a huge mentality problem,” said the coach: “I’ll probably have to be strict.” When he looked at the statistics, he kept shaking his head. In the case of Cologne, who scored one goal in five home games before, they not only conceded five goals like before Dardai’s return in the 2: 5 at FC Schalke 04. With two more hits against the post, 31 shots on target and a strong performance from Hertha keeper Oliver Christensen, it could have been a memorable debacle.
That’s why Dardai would have felt silly to speak of relegation after this appearance of the bottom of the table. “We’re not allowed to talk or talk,” he said: “We just have to keep our mouths shut and see what happens at the weekend. Then we’ll do an analysis on Monday. And if we still have a chance, we have to prepare for Bochum .”
Dardai did not accept reassuring arguments that his team had led 2:1 and Jessic Ngankam was also on the verge of making it 3:3. “We scored two nice goals, but we didn’t deserve anything here,” he said: “And to talk about Jessic making it 3-3 is big nonsense.” The character of the team is fine. “They stick together, there isn’t a bad boy there,” said the coach: “But I didn’t see anything on the pitch today.”
Explosive Hertha general meeting
The mood at the capital club could worsen further on Sunday at the general meeting. Hertha is not only up to its neck in sport, but also financially. The license – also for the 2nd Bundesliga – has not yet been confirmed. “We are in a restructuring process. We have to fundamentally reduce personnel costs,” said sports director Benjamin Weber.
It should be turbulent in the Berlin exhibition hall. A motion to vote out the entire Executive Committee from a member comes more from the category of clubbing and cabaret. But after the noisy resignation of long-term management member Ingmar Pering, heated debates – including about the role of President Kay Bernstein – are programmed. Perseverance slogans will not be of any use to the club boss, who is actually popular with the fans.
Source: Stern
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