Hertha Win the Swiss Battle

Jan may have been complaining about the lack of goals in the Bundesliga this weekend, but someone forgot to tell Hertha that no one was scoring. Granted, two isn’t a huge amount, but I think fans of most teams would take a solid two-nil victory. Which is more than Bayern could say when it came to Bochum…

I didn’t get a chance to watch due to GolTV scheduling (although really, it had to be at least as interesting as Athletic Bilbao v. Real Betis), but by all accounts it was a fairly one-sided game in favor of Hertha. The first goal came on the 26th minute, an awfully unlucky own-goal from Bochum defender Marcel Maltritz who turned a Gilberto volley into his own net under no pressure. The second was four minutes later and an absolute beauty, a blast from Marko Pantelic after controlling off his chest. While Hertha had other chances, those ended up being enough to stop the five-game non-winning streak and keep the points in the capital.

Hertha is now up to eighth place, from tenth, and things are generally looking good. Manager Lucien Favre declared it an absolutely deserved victory, although he did think that more goals should have been scored and that Hertha lacked the ‘decisive killer pass.’ It’s always good to have something to work for. But it’s a nice way to go into the visit to high-flying Hamburg next week, and the DFB-Pokal game against Wuppertaler SV tomorrow. And it’s always good to not lose games that you’re supposed to win…

Goals after the jump.

Marko’s shirt is delivering birthday greetings to his daughter Ingrid. A nice birthday present, I’d say.

Category: match reports

Tags: home, match reports, vfl bochum

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