Hertha – HSV: interrupted for 32 minutes – spectators whistle at Ultras

2. Bundesliga Hertha BSC – Hamburger SV

Interrupted for 32 minutes – spectators whistle at ultras

Status: 03.02.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes

The top game in the second league is between Hertha BSC and HSV. Berlin fans cause a scandal with slings and tennis balls and the game is interrupted for 32 minutes. Other viewers react annoyed by the ultra-production.

A break of more than half an hour due to protests against the investor plans of the German Football League (DFL) overshadowed Hamburger SV’s victory in the top second division game at Hertha BSC. The game, which ended 2-1 (0-0) for HSV in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday evening, was about to be canceled.

HSV defied the pressure on head coach Tim Walter and jumped back to a promotion position. Hertha, however, remains out of the promotion race, nine points behind relegation third place. For the Berliners, for whom the sudden death of club boss Kay Bernstein two weeks ago is still having an impact, it was the next setback after the cup exit on Wednesday.

Hertha coach Dardai trying to have a sensible conversation

Quelle: Getty Images/Maja Hitij

While other fan groups in the Bundesliga kept their protest short and intense and were able to continue, the Berlin fans took themselves more seriously than the game and their team. “You are ruining our game,” they shouted, but quite a few people in the stadium asked themselves who was damaging what.

From the 53rd minute onwards, tennis balls kept flying onto the field from the Hertha corner. Among other things, they were fired onto the field with slingshots. Appeals from Hertha coach Pal Dardai and the stadium announcer initially had no effect. After the game had been interrupted for around 20 minutes, referee Daniel Schlager sent the players off the field.

Whistles against the Ultras

They returned after the throws were over and the game clock was reset to 52:30 minutes. The Hertha fans had recently rolled up their banner with the inscription “Finally stop investor madness, whether in the DFL or in the clubs”. They had long since been booed by the other spectators, and others had even gone home annoyed.

One tennis ball after the next flew onto the field

Quelle: Getty Images/Maja Hitij

After the restart, HSV, who were clearly the better team in the first half, took the lead with an easy long-range shot from Miro Muheim (57th).

Shortly afterwards, HSV keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes was only able to parry a shot from Hertha’s key player Fabian Reese, who came on as a substitute. Tabakovic won (62′). Ludovit Reis, who had just come into the game, headed the guests to victory in the final phase (83′).

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“We deserved to win,” said HSV coach Tim Walter, who, like his counterpart Pal Dardai, did not want to condemn the fan action directly, but only pointed out how difficult it was to deal with it in a sporting way. At this point it was already after 11 p.m. The aftermath is likely to follow.

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