Hertha Berlin beats Bochum 1-0 in season opener; fan banner briefly halts match

tagesspiegel.de (German)

Hertha BSC beat VfL Bochum 1-0 in their second-division season opener; Sebastian Grönning scored and a fan banner briefly halted play. Grönning scored in the 39th minute before 26,000 spectators. Referee Wolfgang Haslberger stopped the match in the 21st minute because a banner covered an emergency exit in the Berlin supporters’ block; play resumed about six minutes later. Bochum have not won an opening match in ten years. During the stoppage, both coaches held team talks, reminiscent of World Cup cooling breaks. Hertha’s only new signing so far, Oluwaseun Adewumi, started on the bench.


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