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The Bundesliga Season opened after its winter pause with a loss for league leaders Bayern and 11th place Hertha Berlin, and a win for Schalke today over Stutgart 3-1.
Hertha Berlin ran into an inspired Nuremberg – who in their 1000th Bundesliga match – won at home 2-0 against a seemingly lackluster Hertha Berlin. This was not the start that new Hertha coach Michael Skibbe had [...] Continue Reading…
According to media reports this evening Hertha Berlin coach Markus Babbel has confirmed recent rumors that he will in fact leave the club but is hopeful he can see out his contract to the end of the 2011//2012 season.
There were no direct reasons given for the falling out other than that it has been common knowledge that there was serious disagreement [...] Continue Reading…
“O was ist das schon’, the German audience sang in Hamburg last night and rightfully so. They saw an energetic, creative, alert and motivated team beat a lethargic, sleepy and leaderless Dutch team that seemed to just make the motions – as if they were there simply for some commercial contractual obligation and nothing more.
Now at the close of 2011, the year [...] Continue Reading…
“Hertha Berlin, known as the Old Lady of German soccer, is finding her feet after a nasty fall into debt and decline.” – So reads the first sentence in a very good article which appeared in yesterdays New York Times by one of its sports writer Rob Hughes. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/sports/soccer/05iht-soccer05.html
What follows is one of those typically popular, heart-warming American type of come-back stories [...] Continue Reading…
In the last Bundesliga game of the day, Hertha Berlin has continued to their winning ways since their return to the first division with a 3-0 win over Koln.
After have put 4 goals past various opponents in each of their last 2 out games, Koln was humbled by a wily Berlin side which played with an unrecognizable confidence.
Pierre-Michel Lasogga put 2 goals [...] Continue Reading…
Schalke Coach resigns!
Ralf Rangnick has resigned as head coach of German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 earlier today citing health reasons.
According to a to a press release from the club, the 53 year Rangnick has been suffering from something similar to ‘chronic-fatigue-syndrome’ which is just perhaps another way of saying he is just stressed out – and needs to withdraw from stressful situations [...] Continue Reading…
What an upset – what a shocker and yes even for Hertha Berlin fans!
Hertha Berlin, just a couple of weeks after their re-entry into the Bundesliga after having been relegated to the 2nd division last year, beat the current reigning champions, Dortmund!
After this game Dortmund side are now ….wait for it…..10th in the table! Always the consummate gentleman, Jurgen Klopp Dortmund’s manager [...] Continue Reading…
Hertha Berlin beat Stuttgart on Friday, ending their embarrassing and dismal 17 winless home games in the Bundesliga.
Raffael Caetano de Araújo – aka Raffael – the ever productive Brazilian striker for Hertha scored in the 86th minute. This after a cross from veteran Hertha midfielder Patrick Ebert crossed for the Brazilian to head past the Stuttgart keeper Sven Ulreich.
Ebert was able to [...] Continue Reading…
Hosts Hertha Berlin, who are now back in theBundesliga after being away for a year, meet top Spanish club Real Madrid this evening at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin – its home base.
Real will play Hertha BSC this evening -18.00 clock, live on station ’Sport1′- and will depart immediately after the game for its next game in the UK this weekend.
Both German national [...] Continue Reading…
Auswärts und doch zuhause: Fußballkneipen in Berlin
Jedes Wochenende versammeln sich tausende Männer und Frauen in dunklen, verrauchten Berliner Kneipen, um gemeinsam Fußball zu schauen. Egal ob die Sonne strahlt oder der Schnee rieselt – diese Leute haben nur Augen für den Bildschirm, 22 Männer und einen Lederball. Nur ein Teil von ihnen sind Hertha- oder Union-Fans, die meisten führen eine [...] Continue Reading…
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Away but still at home: football pubs in Berlin
Each weekend, thousands of men [...] Continue Reading…
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