2013/14 season review: Hertha Berlin
2013/14 season review: Hertha Berlin Munich - Ostensibly, an eleventh-placed finish is far from disastrous for a newly-promoted club, but it was also the very least Hertha Berlin fans would have expected after their team flew out of the traps at the beginning of 2013/14. The Old Lady were touted by many as possible European contenders following a highly impressive Hinrunde, but a disastrous second half of the season saw Jos Luhukay’s charges drop like a stone, and despite finishing in a healthy mid-table position, the Dutchman will be looking for a marked improvement from his side next term. bundesliga.com looks back on the capital club’s campaign… Season overview Hertha could hardly have wished for a better start to the 2013/14 season. A comprehensive 6-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, who had finished the previous campaign in sixth, certainly got pulses racing at the Olympiastadion, and fans’ expectations duly skyrocketed. A 1-0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 9 saw Hertha climb into fourth, and Luhukay’s charges followed that up with an impressive display in a narrow 3-2 defeat at FC Bayern München. They went one better at the Signal-Iduna Park on Matchday 17, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 to finish the in 6th - above FC Schalke 04. However, a run of just 13 points from 17 matches - including ten defeats - in 2014 put paid to their hopes of European football. Best player To add insult to injury, Hertha’s top scorer Adrian Ramos will be lining up in Dortmund colours next season after joining Jürgen Klopp’s side . The Colombian international was in prolific form for the capital club this season, scoring 40 per cent of Hertha’s league goals (16) and finishing just four behind his BVB predecessor Robert Lewandowski, who will join FC Bayern München this summer.
