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Berlin (dpa) - In the team circle, coach Pal Dardai and sports director Arne Friedrich cheered up the rather tired rotation ensemble of Hertha BSC quickly.

The tough 0-0 win against Arminia Bielefeld shouldn't leave any negative marks on the Berliners.

«The players are sad.

I said: "Cheer up.

I want you to be satisfied »», Dardai reported from his speech immediately after the zero number in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga, while still on the lawn of the Olympic Stadium.

The good news for Hertha: After the forced Corona break, you remain unbeaten.

The Hertha team, which was changed this time by Dardai to eight positions, moved past SV Werder Bremen to 14th place by winning the point and can take a big step towards relegation with a win on Wednesday in the last of three catch-up games at the relegated bottom group FC Schalke 04 .

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Bielefeld remains tied on the relegation rank 16 due to the zero number. “I think we saw a team that showed a reaction. We were compact and worked a lot, ”said coach Frank Kramer. Striker Fabian Klos asked for more: “One point is good for now. But we have to win some game anyway. If we only get three draws, that won't be enough, I'm sure, ”said the veteran.

Dardai relied on the principle of freshness again. After nine changes before the 3-0 win against Freiburg, eight starting eleven places were filled this time. In addition to the injured Sami Khedira (calf) and Mattéo Guendouzi (broken metatarsus), the same formation began again as six days ago at 1-1 in Mainz, with which the Berliners had started their chase to stay in class after two weeks of quarantine. Dardai has already announced that he intends to consistently continue these interchanges until the season finale against Hoffenheim on May 22nd.

However, this Hertha team could not offer the big momentum from the success against the Breisgauer.

Bielefeld was compact, as you can expect in the relegation battle, and was well recovered from the 0: 5 two weeks ago against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Only Maximilian Mittelstädt (8th minute) was able to check Arminia goalkeeper Stefan Ortega in the initial phase.

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For the full-back, the game ended after a violent clash with Bielefeld's Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui after half an hour with a good headache.

The doctors' initial diagnosis was suspected concussion.

"He had felt dizzy, you had to switch," said Dardai.

Matheus Cunha later had to leave the field with an ankle injury.

The accumulation of injuries could endanger Hertha’s mission.

Bielefeld was more dangerous than expected. Hertha goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow had to parry tricky long-range shots from Andreas Voglsammer (26th) and Manuel Prietl (28th). Hertha had opportunities through Jhon Cordoba (34th / 45th + 2). Dardai did not have enough offensive power. With Nemanja Radonjic for Deyovaisio Zeefuik, he switched to a 4-4-2 system. The impact on the style of play remained modest.

Bielefeld stuck to his consistent way of working and had a great chance to take the lead thanks to a header from Amos Pieper (55th).

Schwolow grabbed his copy just before the lurking Arminia striker Fabian Klos.

Hertha lacked momentum and punch.

Was that the feared lack of freshness due to the mental strain of the long-term program after a long break?

Javairo Dilrosun (70th / 88th) tried long-range shots.

More was not possible this time for the Berliners.

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