Hertha BSC and 1. FC Magdeburg delivered another spectacle in the second soccer league. After the 6:4 victory in the previous round, the Berliners were able to take revenge on matchday 22 with a 3:2 (2:1) win. In front of 52,652 spectators in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, captain Baris Atik had put the visitors ahead in the 22nd minute. Berlin captain Fabian Reese scored a penalty (33') and Palko Dardai (39') turned the game around against ten Magdeburg players. Jean Hugonet was shown the red card in the 37th minute after an emergency brake.
Magdeburg's Tobias Müller (51) equalized after the break to make it 2-2 despite being outnumbered, before Reese put Hertha on the road to victory with his second goal of the evening (59). With 32 points, Hertha have now caught up with the top seven in the league, while Magdeburg remain in mid-table on 27 points. "Now the starting position is better. Let's be happy today and prepare for Braunschweig from Sunday," said match-winner Reese.
FCM captain Atik was angry. "For the first time, it's extremely difficult for me to go into the dressing room and find words. We had Hertha under control. We invited them with our mistakes and were punished harshly for them. It's time for us to stop making these individual mistakes and finally take the next step," said Atik.