Can you talk about a team in crisis after only one day in the league? Perhaps yes as far as Hertha Berlin are concerned, and let’s quickly explain why. Apart from the defeat on their debut at Union Berlin, the hosts come from four other negative performances in the pre-season. In short, they have not been exultant for quite some time. But things could definitely change on the second day of the championship, when Schwarz’s team – which is already in danger, according to rumours – will host an Eintracht Frankfurt side that has certainly had a poor week.
In the meantime, Kostic, who has officially become a Juventus player (Pellegrini is expected to arrive from the Bianconeri on a dry loan), has left, and then there was the thrashing against Bayern Munich in the first league game and then the defeat against Real Madrid in the European Super Cup. The feeling is that compared to last year it is a Frankfurt that has definitely changed for the worse. And to think that until a few months ago, in the final in Seville, the German team raised the Europa League to the sky. It seems a long time ago, but very often it happens that these teams, certainly not used to winning, risk something in the weeks following a triumph. There are many examples of this around Europe.
Hertha Berlin players ©️LaPresse
The Prediction
This does not look like a match that will give either team the victory. Of course, the visiting team seems slightly favoured, especially because of what they have managed to do in recent months. But a draw with at least one goal on both sides is definitely in order. In short, a point to put the decidedly negative period behind us, at least in part.
The Hertha Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt matchday squad
HERTHA BERINO (4-3-3): Christensen; Kenny, Uremovic, Kempf, Plattenhatdt; Boateng, Sunjic, Serdar; Lukebakio, Selke, Maolida.
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (3-4-3): Trapp; Toure, Tuta, Ndicka; Knauff, Sow, Rode, Lenz; Kamada, Borre, Lindstrom.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
