The opponent: Played the second best first half of the season in the club’s history. Only in 2011/12 did the SCP07 score more points during this period (33) than in this season (28). In nine half-series under coach Lukas Kwasniok, the home team have always collected between 24 and 29 points – a remarkable consistency. Paderborn is now starting the return series from 6th place and tied with 3rd place in the relegation zone and wants to set the next exclamation mark against our capital club. “We are full of energy and put in decent test match performances. However, the personnel situation has changed completely,” explained the coach at the press conference. In order to document this, he brought the autograph cards of the players who are certain to be canceled: Calvin Brackelmann, Luis Engels, Felix Götze, Adriano Grimaldi, Sebastian Klaas and Felix Platte. “That’s quite a lot,” said Kwasniok. “Nevertheless, we have players who are capable of playing a good game and annoying the Berliners. We are really looking forward to this game!” With Hertha, the 43-year-old expects “a team similar to ours, which takes a playful approach and often acts cleverly against the ball. Fiélo is known for this: he loves the ball and instills that in his boys. It will be a game of equals.” East Westphalia’s best goalscorer and top scorer is, by the way, a native of Berlin: Filip Bilbija, who also netted in the first leg.
Referee: Florian Heft will lead the duel. The referee has met our Hertha team twice so far, with the blue-whites leaving the field as winners both in the DFB Cup in Jena (5-0) and in the first leg at Karlsruher SC this season (3-1). The 35-year-old is supported by Jarno Wienefeld and Fynn Kohn on the sidelines as well as Steven Greif as the fourth official. The VAR Katrin Rafalski and Vanessa Kaminski complete the team.
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