Five days after the end of the Bundesliga season, tonight (Thursday) the test matches for promotion to the senior league in Germany began. Hamburg, who finished third in the second division, beat Herta 0-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and gave themselves a huge advance ahead of next Monday’s rematch in northern Germany. The winner of the two games will join Schalke and Werder Bremen who have qualified automatically.
Herta had to come to these games after no small trauma and for a goal in the 90th minute of Stuttgart in the final round and now she may find herself in the second division. On the verge of the break, Isak Belfodil already thought he was giving the locals the lead with a shot but due to a small difference the goal was disqualified and at half time the two went down 0-0.
In the second half, Hamburg were more dangerous and took the lead in the 57th minute when Ludovit Rice tried to raise a ball to the field with his left foot and to his delight the ball made it all the way to the net. 0: 1 at the end to Hamburg, who want to return to the Premier League for the first time since 2018, over their legendary former player, Felix Megat. Will there not be a Berlin derby next season?