FIRST TEAM
10/30/2016

Hertha BSC match reaction

We spoke to the managers and players to get their thoughts on TSG’s 1-0 win over Hertha BSC.

Julian Nagelsmann: We played well and created a lot of goal scoring chances. We got off to a good start and should have got a second or third goal to make the game safe. We reacted well in the second half and adjusted our formation suitably. We continued to create chances and absolutely deserved to win the game. The result reflects our good performance. We played well in the first half and kept things calm. The boys have been working on quickly changing the formation. You need to be brave to do this, and they are.

Pal Dardai: Firstly, congratulations. I think TSG Hoffenheim deserved to win but it’s still painful. We started off well and we figured out where their weaknesses were, but we didn’t manage to take the lead. We changed things up a little after the free-kick that led t their goal. I was hoping that we would get another good chance the whole game. My team fought hard and put on a good performance away from home.

Sebastian Rudy: We haven’t been lucky to win the last five matches. In fact, we have won because we’ve been playing good football. We are playing well as a team and doing exactly what the manager has been asking us to do. We are playing well and have to keep up this momentum. When you win, it doesn’t matter how many chances you had. We still have a lot of games left and we can score a lot of goals. We are pleased about getting the win and I think that we deserved it. We fought hard, create a lot of goal scoring opportunities and played well throughout the game.

Niklas Süle: I’m pleased that we got the three points. We knew that we were coming up against a good opponent. We defended really well for the entire game. We could have made the game safe had we been more effective on the counter attack. But still, it’s a step in the right direction. We are in a good run of form and we want to keep this up. I spoke to Kerem at lunch and I said: “Kerem, it’s about time that you put a good ball towards me at the back post:” And it was an incredible ball by him to set up the goal. I was a bit lucky that Pekarik was marking me as he is a lot smaller than I am.

Lukas Rupp: We could have made the game ours earlier if we had made the most of all our chances. But we defended well to make sure we got the win. Ibisevic didn’t really have a lot to do except for dealing with a shot in the second half. We didn’t let Hertha get themselves into the match.

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