Berlin --
On his substitution in the 86th Hertha's match-winner minutes lifted his hands in the Berlin night sky, applauded the Magerkulisse of barely 15,000 fans, and then trotted satisfied with the blue tartan track direction of the cable.
Gojko Kacar found the 1:0-Correct Score against Sporting Lisbon by Friedhelm Funkel coached Bundesliga bottom brought bitterly cold at minus three degrees in the Olympic Stadium in the next round of the Euro League.
Soccer-Germany, however, laughs in the middle of winter, yet the sun. Hertha leaves sparkle euro balance sheet! For at last surviving representatives of all six Bundesliga games this year, can make the New Year's champagne corks popping and are more internationally in 2010 at the start.
The Bayern and Stuttgart in the Champions League first knockout round. Wolfsburg, Werder, HSV, and the chief of city dwellers in the Europe league - but the Premiership football is the last big stage next season, probably as a second-division probably can follow only with nostalgic feelings ...
The first home victory after 130 days (!) Shone against the 18-mer Portuguese champions Sporting are not. "It's clear to see that confidence is not there. The boys are blocked, "said the captain Arne Friedrich horror kick.
Hertha who took without the League preserved for the captain, the suspended Brazilian Rafael, Patrick Ebert (intestinal flu), managed by Kacar (70.) in a weak and well-balanced game after a Nicu edge of the hip after all The golden hits.
"The goal from Gojko has redeemed us all. After the first three games, as we stood there with a point, has probably no more expected that we reach the second round. But we have accomplished this with three wins in a row, even on their own, "enthused scintillating.
The move into the Round of 32 washes around one million euros in the Hertha checkout.
