Fresh off a 5-0 shellacking at the hands of Fabian Johnson and Monchengladbach, it's time for Hertha BSC to regroup and time is short with a matchup Friday night at home against Hannover 96, the league's worst team with a minus-30 goal difference and 13 losses in their last 14 games.
Easy right? Well nothing ever is for Hertha after losing its last three at home to the 96ers. Hertha has 31 points more than Hannover, but these teams take the fewest shots in the Bundesliga, with 287 for Hannover and 262 for Berlin. And it looks like United States superstar John Brooks is set to miss another game. We'll translate for the non-German speaking readers of the blog that Brooks needs to be cleared for training Thursday to be in contention for the match.
The five-goal haul by 'Gladbach only underscored the importance of one of the football world's rising top central defenders. Said coach Pal Dardai: "Wir haben in Gladbach nicht 0-5 verloren, weil er nicht dabei war." (We've lost 0-5 in Gladbach because he wasn't there).
That's high praise indeed for a top American star, whose next match could be April 16 against relegation battlers Hoffenheim. In any case, Hertha badly need a maximum of six points from these two fixtures to hold off the hard-charging Gladbach and Leverkusen and claim their rightful place in the Champions League along with other worthy clubs like Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Leicester City.
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