Better Late Than Never: A Video Of Piszczek’s Uefa Cup Hattrick.

Dudka played as far as I know don’t know if he stared or not, but he should start once the league starts because well frankly Auxerre’s defence is shit after they sold half of it to Arsenal. But thanks to that maybe Wenger will notice Dudka and we will finally have a good outfield player in the Premier League.

Given that this was Hertha’s highest ever European victory it also means that Piszczek is the first Hertha player to ever score a hat-trick in Europe.

While the goals weren’t that spectacular, the way Hertha assembled their attacks was quite impressive. The Moldovan side was just too bad in every area of the game to take any hint of how strong Hertha will actually turn out to be in the league this season, but you got a good insight on the way they intent to play. The video doesn’t really show the build-up to the goals and Piszczek was also involved in a few nice offensive moves throughout the game. Definitely one of Hertha’s best players that night. With just one goal and three assists he didn’t really impress last season, but maybe he can take the next step this year.

Piszczek really did blow last season but its his first season abroad and he still has allot of time to develop. Apparently whoever manages Hertha (I have no idea) sees something in Piszczek and keeps playing him. I wouldn’t be so understanding if my striker only scored once in twenty something matches. But you also have to remember that he is an incredibly universal player, he can play as a Forward, Attacking mid, wings, haven’t ever seen him play center mid but i bet he wouldn’t be too bad at it. So I’m guessing he didn’t play every game as a forward last season.

Hertha’s coach is Lucien Favre and the word polyvalent is one of his favorite words when talking about footballers – where polyvalent = universal player. Polyvalent players + a quick passing game are basically the core of his football philosophy, so a player like Piszczek seems to fit in nicely into his concept. In Piszezek’s defense I should also note that he started out last season as a sub and then became a regular starter later in the second half of the season. And two of his three assists and the one goal he scored all came in Hertha’s last five games, so his form curve was already on the rise. Nice to see that he kept his momentum.