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Challenging the Champions
Stocker Signs!
After a month of waiting and hoping Hertha BSC's fans can be relieved. The captain Valentin Stocker signed a contract extension which will almost double his salary to 75.000 euros a week. The Swiss wide man apologized for not signing earlier but he tell his reasons behind that.
"The news are great for the whole team and the fans. Valentin is a great player who is very important to the team. It is really good for us that he's staying", said the manager Ganchev.
March 2015
Hertha 1 - 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Kovacic 51'
Hertha 1 - 0 Arsenal, (3-1 agg.), Champions League Round of 16
Depay 35'
Hertha continued their great form and they beat the English top club at the Olympiastadion. Hertha passed the ball quickly from player to player waiting for a chance to come up. In the 35th minute Memphis Depay played a one-two pass with Valentin Stocker at the edge of the box. Depay received the ball back and the young Dutch winger stroke the ball with his first touch to the top left corner. The rest of the game was mainly a not-so-interesting midfield battle with a few shots. The home fans of Hertha were singing and jumping after the final whistle.
VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Hertha
Perisic 51', Soldado 63' pen
Ramos 77' pen
First versus second. Hertha were the favourites to take the three points. But no, the match was aweful. Everything went Wolfsburg's way. They defended well the middle, they defended well the flanks. And they goals? Terrible. Perisic got the ball on the left flank. He took a few steps to the middle and shot from about 35 yards out. A shot, which wasn't really powerful or hard to save which rolled on the ground. But no, Hertha's Kraft failed to do anything. He didn't react to the shot before it was too late. And a bit after that Wolfsburg got a penalty for handball. Soldado put the spot kick to the net. Then Hertha got a penalty for an ugly tackle when they were pushing for two goals. Ramos scored it and that's when the game basically ended. Nothing happened after that.
Hamburger SV 2 - 3 Hertha, DFB Pokal Semi Finals
Badelj 53', Beister 61' pen
Brooks 25', Drmic 64', 90'
Another tough game for the Berliners, this time against the side from Hamburg. The Berliners took the lead with a Brooks' header from a corner. Then in the second half HSV equalized after a through pass and a finish under the keeper. A bit later they got their second from the spot after another handball call. Right after restarting Drmic played the to Kovacic. The young Croatian passed it to Depay on the right wing. The Dutch man got past HSV's right back and he played a pass to Drmic inside the box. Drmic took a touch and with his second touch he shot a powerful shot to the near post's top corner. Hertha kept pushing on and the Blau-Weiss got their reward in the 90th minute when Max Meyer played a pass from the right through HSV's box. The pass wasn't that good or strong but none of the defenders nor the keeper got to it. It reached Josip Drmic who was at the keeper's area's edge on the left and he put it with his first touch getting us the win! Hertha were through to their second cup final in two years!
League Table
1. Hertha BSC, 73 pts
2. VfL Wolfsburg, 61 pts
3. Bayern Munich, 60 pts
4. Borussia Dortmund, 51 pts
5. Hamburger SV, 47 pts
6. FC Schalke 04, 45 pts
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16. FC Kaiserslautern, 21 pts (playoff spot)
17. Werer Bremen, 15 pts
18. FC St Pauli, 13 pts
Press Conference
Good afternoon, Mr Ganchev. What is your opinion on the results this month?
All together, they were good. I'm only disappointed in our game against Wolfsburg. Especially our attacking and their first goal were aweful. I don't understand why Thomas (Kraft) didn't get to it! Even my mother would have saved it! And our attacking was... really poor. I felt like we didn't have attackers in that game. But it's past now, we're still leading the league by many points and we went through in the cups. I'm happy.
Valentin Stocker signed the contract extension, correct? How did that influence on the team?
Again, no comment. I do not talk about stuff like this.
Your next opponent in the Champions League is Liverpool, another good English team. What should be expect from Hertha?
Two victories and progression to the semi finals. When we play well, we can beat every team in the world. And Liverpool isn't one of the best, to be honest. If we continue to play well we might even end up challenging seriously for the trophy.
Is it true that the DFB (German FA) contacted you about becoming the coach of the national team?
Yes, it is true and I'm not sure about taking or rejecting the job. Germany are a great country and it would be an honour to coach the national team. But it might influence Hertha's success. So I haven't taken any actions yet.
If you succeed to win the treble this season, will you stay at Hertha or will you leave?
I'm 100% sure I will stay. I love this club and I'm doing great things with it at the moment. I wan't to continue doing so.
Thank you for reading the post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback and suggestions will be appreciated!
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Well done on pretty much winning the bundesliga in only second season.
Keep it up and the Champions League trophy isn't far away either. |
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