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Originally Posted by DSQUAREDLOL

20.08.2010, 18:00h | Hertha Berlin - Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

Hertha Berlin's relegation was a big suprise last year. Their team was strong enough to get a good midfield position but they just had unbelievable misfortune. This year they made a big change but it was the right decision because they need a new mindset. But anyway they kept their best players like Ramos (the best player from 2. Bundesliga, no doubt). Apart from that they bought other great players like Christian Lell who was regular some years ago at FC Bayern Munich or Rob Friend who was a great scorer for Gladbach last years.
Their new coach is Markus Babbel, he is known as a great motivator and I am pretty sure that it was the right decision to take him. He is a great mix beetween smart guy and heavy-handed coach.
Hertha BSC is big favourite for promotion this year and the atmosphere in the city is very good. In Berlin is a atmosphere of departure and all fans look forward to the new season. And I believe that they will play a great season also. The mix of old great players and new players is perfect.
Some days ago I saw them in the DFB cup where they played against SC Pfullendorf (4th league). They only won 2:0 but they had opportunities for nearly 10 goals. Just some misfortune with hitting the post and so on, but the team worked great.
Now some words about Oberhausen. Oberhausen is a traditional workers club with less money and they fight against the relegation each year. This year their lost their best player Moritz Stoppelkamp to Hannover 96 and a other very important regular (Heinrich Schmitdgal) is injured. Two fatal missings for them. Their test games were very, very poor.
In addition they play a special system with only 3 defenders. That could be a big problem against Hertha Berlin's great offensives. Another factor is that most of their new players have no match practise at the moment, that means that they were only substitutes in their last clubs and their last games were months ago. In addition they do not have good counter strikers (so how do they want to score?) and they are traditional very, very poor away. The atmosphere in the club is shit at the moment, I read in fan forums and the fans said that they expect the relegation this year.
Rich vs. poor, world metropolis vs. poor workers city, 40.000 fans against 100 fans - I just see big differences beetween this both teams. If Hertha wont be arrogant (but I dont think so, due to their coach Babbel), they will win easy at home against this poor side. And even if they would be arrogant, they would not have any problem to win.

Pick: Hertha BSC (-1,25) @1,94 (Pinnacle) , 3/10

3:2 FT

-1,5u

Hertha better but early injury from Herthas best player, they missed out some opportunities, and so on. RWO scored 2 times with 2 opportunities. But thats soccer.