A good half-hour Pal Dardai was alone. With himself and his thoughts. At half past eleven, he ran from the training ground, get down from the club grounds, all the way around the Olympic stadium. Shortly before eleven he turned back to the Rominter Allee, still alone with himself and his thoughts. His team was well ahead for a long time.
After a five-minute speech to the players, the coach of Hertha BSC, had its full squad, starting players and replacements, to leak sent. Then he stepped in front of the press. Ten, twelve minutes, take from his comments in the rule. On Sunday, after 1:2 against Fortuna Düsseldorf, he spoke for almost twice as long. It has layers of things built up to now four defeats in a row in the Bundesliga. Not only, but also for Pal Dardai. His appearance on the day after the game, left behind at least as disturbing impression of how the performance of the team in the Olympic stadium.
Even with a night’s distance, Dardai commented unusually benevolent. “Technically, I can make the team, not blame. The statistics never lie,“ said Dardai. The statistics showed 55 percent possession of the ball for his team, 55 percent gained two battles, 112 mileage. He didn’t see a player who was only gone for a walk, the mentality was therefore in order – and 13 shots on goal, which was “a big Job”. “For Hertha conditions, we have made a very good game,” he said. “There is no crisis.”
Immediately after the final whistle, there had been other voices. Of Herthas Players. Valentino Lazaro for example, his team against Fortuna was the appearance of not particularly sparkling, as it is not consistent enough in the game to the front and sloppy in the Defensive. The behavior prior to the 1:2 had been a Prime example, said the Austrian: “We will accompany you, as it was nothing more. We are not awake. There is no will behind.“ Marko Grujic saw it in a similar way. “We are not focused correctly, with 100 percent in the two fights.” He could imagine “how it looks from the outside,” says the midfielder. “We are in the two struggling, as we would not be so fresh.” Actually, the team would have to watch the game 100 times. Or 200 times.
“The so-called planned murder”
By the defeat of Hertha behind Fortuna Düsseldorf in the table to eleventh place. “Fortuna is an enemy, against whom we must win. Not sure have more quality than we do,“ said Grujic. “But you have shown more character and Motivation. That’s impossible.“ Both encounters with the promoted team has lost to Hertha this season, and the game on Saturday confirmed the now prevailing impression that the team is floating aimlessly to the end of the season, you can’t manage to motivate yourself from self-sufficient, after the prospect of qualification for the European Cup final scattered.
Dardai says that there has been this never – although many players have spoken in recent weeks of the now last-Chance, once again up to attack. “We must not screw the expectations are high, you did,” said Dardai on Sunday to the journalists. Europa League or even Champions League: “it was never realistic that comes from the outside.” Who does not understand the lie. “This is probably the so-called planned murder,” said Herthas coach. You write the team up to write then down again. “I have the feeling that you are living in the Schadenfreude. This is not good. Probably you was bored“, said Dardai.
The Hungarian is actually a skilled public workers. He stands after each game to the journalists, he responds to every question – not with any of the relevant phrases-free, but technically substantial. Unlike many other coach Dardai, uses the opportunity to convey his view of things. This is also why the Berlin media have claimed, contrary to him, always understanding applied for the constraints under which Dardai has to work. More than a lot of Fans in the curve, there is now a Pro – and a Contra-Dardai group. The Contra group is asking for a long time, where the progress made is not why the team is progressing faster. On Sunday Dardai and his media has arrived to berate the boundaries of the PR. Eventually rods is no longer the beautiful messages if they are not fed by the reality.
The pressure on Dardai is growing
the coach does not want to make his team public just, is his right. “It would be nonsense to rant with insecure players,” he says. But after his appearance on Sunday, the impression that Dardai glossed over things unnecessarily – and that he verrennt it. Probably he also feels that the pressure on him is growing. Less from the outside than from the inside. Manager Michael Preetz has been calling pre-season more attractive football, he commented after the end of the first half of the season is unusually critical and also after the 0:5 in Leipzig in clear words to be found. “He has the right to say such a thing. He can also exert pressure and criticize me,“ says Dardai. “So I have no Problem with that.”
Dardai moves in a complex field of tension. There is a desire on the one hand, in and around the club to grow faster; on the other hand, Dardai has to come with the financial constraints clear. “Can I expect from a player that costs a Million, no power, the 60 million euros in value,” says Herthas coach. But he sees in Herthas team will also have a tendency to be too young, too inexperienced. “This is a huge problem.” Therefore, one has to remain realistic, Dardai. “I have to accept every summer, what is the philosophy we have. And the Manager must also accept that he can’t spend 60, 70 million euros.“
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Dardai sees itself as the perfect coach for this philosophy, as a developer, and better creators. “I’m very happy to help, as long as it works,” he says. “Until now it has worked perfectly.” If that was eventually the case, if the team feel blocked by him or his methods, then the player should go to the Manager and get him to inform you. “Then another will come. That’s not bad. It’s not about Pal Dardai. It goes to Hertha BSC.“