Well folks, they said it couldn't be done and they were right. What was once a heart-warming story turned into a nightmare as Hertha BSC failed to win any of our last seven games with a pathetic two points in a stretch in which we were outscored 15-5 to finish seventh in the league.
It means that Hertha will play in the Europa League qualifying rounds in late July. It's quite a fall for a team that held third place from Matchdays 18-29 and held a Champions League spot from Matchdays 15-31. Instead the team fell apart ever since Jurgen Klinsmann injured Hertha star John Brooks in Guatemala.
No one believed in this team and it turned out they were right. Hertha are simply not Champions League material now or ever and in truth, were worse than every team in the Bundesliga in this final stretch - by some distance. Heck, even the Europa League is too much to ask for this toothless group. We even mixed in a listless 3-0 German Cup semi-final loss at home to Borussia Dortmund in this horrific stretch in which we resembled a team from the U.S. MLS more than a Bundesliga outfit.
Please don't think that Hertha couldn't compete with the Bundesliga heavyweights as to why this collapse happened. Hertha couldn't compete with anyone in actuality - getting one point from matches against tomato cans Hannover 96, Hoffenheim and Darmstadt as we blew a 1-0 lead each time. Even the free beer to the long-suffering fans didn't help in last week's loss to Darmstadt.
A seventh-place finish in the world's best league outside of Spain isn't bad but Hertha BSC truly are bad. We choked, we are losers and your blogger actually enjoyed getting relegated more than this slop at the end of the season.
Your humble blogger's final analysis - We are truly losers!
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