That was a strong sporting statement from Hertha BSC. The clear victory in the Berlin derby does not lead coach Bruno Labbadia to carelessness. The relegation battle is not over yet, says the new success coach. At Union there is a collective study of mistakes.
Berlin (dpa) - The hair was still wavy from the Berlin evening rain, the face slightly reddened by the excitement, when Bruno Labbadia became a happy derby winner and a reminder in the relegation battle.
"We do not have enough points, no question. We are very aware of our situation. We have improved the situation extremely, six points are a great start, but I have been there too long and I simply know that you are always respectful must have in the relegation battle, and therefore I am very happy that we got it right first, "said the Hertha coach after the impressive 4-0 victory in the Berlin ghost derby against the disenchanted local rival Union.
In two games after the corona virus break, Labbadia formed an intelligent Bundesliga team from a team of supposedly hard-to-teach individual kickers with scandal potential. After the derby evening that went perfectly for him, the Hertha coach was surprised by the steep learning curve. "It was not to be expected that we would be ready to show patience and to show ball possession football so convincingly. It was great," said Labbadia. The cloudy November mood after the 0-1 in the first leg derby seems like from a bygone era.
The turbulence of the Klinsmann era and the video affair about the Corona clip by Salomon Kalou are blown away at Hertha. Hertha is in a good mood again. "With the soccer ball we played today, we won people over," said Labbadia. "The way we scored the goals was really fun."
As in the 3-0 win at 1899 Hoffenheim, it was also a guarantee of fun against Union Routinier Vedad Ibisevic - a winner of the young Labbadia days in Berlin. "He gave me a fair chance and I took it. We have a good team with many qualities," said the Bosnian. His leading goal gave Union a moral punch, and he was involved in the subsequent goals of Dodi Lukebakio and Matheus Cunha. When Dedryck Boyata marked the final score, Ibisevic was already enjoying the end of the day on the bench.
Labbadia's descent reminders are exaggerated when viewed in mathematical light. The double threesome has given air down. At the start of the 27th match day, the lead on relegation rank 16 is more than three times as big as the gap on a possible European Cup starting place. But Labbadia stuck to his rhetoric: "I am glad that we scored the six points, they were just important in the relegation battle to get out of this situation in this way, which of course is also a pleasure."
Labbadia's Union colleague was far from happy. Urs Fischer had to collect himself noticeably in order to understand the collective failure of his team. He announced an intensive video study in order to be able to show the iron people the mistakes. "We will sit down to discuss what happened in the second half," said the Swiss.
Zero points and zero goals in two games after the Corona compulsory break increase the worries of the promoted team. Fischer almost defiantly pointed to 30 points: "I mean, we can still achieve our goal. It is important to do everything possible to work for it."
