The Darmstadt 98 Chronicle
Squad11 Dec 2028
The knee: Gregor Becker out for 23 days
23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Darmstadt 98 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Mats Seiler says Darmstadt 98 went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad11 Dec 2028
A row about effort at Darmstadt 98
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Guéla Doué was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match9 Dec 2028
Hertha BSC take the points off Darmstadt 98
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Jonas Krumrey makes it 100
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Tempers go at Darmstadt 98
Jérémy Landu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Heinrich Möller answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Fabio Torsiello
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Philipp Hercher asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead Tidiam Gomis goes back to face Eintracht Braunschweig
- Player ratings Christian Rasmussen runs at them all day
- Market The Benedikt Börner question follows Darmstadt 98 around