The Hertha BSC Courier
Match4 Mar 2028
Hertha BSC leave it late against Fortuna Düsseldorf
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Fortuna Düsseldorf spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A fracture rules Stephan Roth out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hertha BSC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market6 Mar 2028
Michaël Cuisance raises the bar for Hertha BSC
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Hertha BSC heard it as anything else.
Market6 Mar 2028
Hertha BSC may not be able to give Jonas Urbig what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jonas Urbig wants continental football; whether Hertha BSC can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Fisnik Asllani falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Marcos López in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hertha BSC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match4 Mar 2028
Hertha BSC get the job done against Fortuna Düsseldorf
A 1‑0 win over Fortuna Düsseldorf, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Maximilian Philipp out for 40 days
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Maximilian Philipp, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Ernest Poku was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.27. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- The dugout Paul Seguin left out for the big one
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Michaël Cuisance knocks on the manager’s door