Hertha Berlin Matchday Rituals: Movies, Music and the Team Circle

Hertha Berlin Matchday Rituals: Movies, Music and the Team Circle

Players from Hertha’s 2022/23 squad explain how quiet evenings, personal playlists and a final dressing-room huddle shaped their route towards kick-off.

Comfortable clothes go on and a film begins. For one Hertha Berlin player, preparation starts by making the night before a match calm. Another prefers a massage followed by Netflix.

In It’s How We Do, Hertha players compare the habits that settle them, the music that raises their energy and the team ritual that finally brings everyone together.

What Does It’s How We Do Show?

The one-minute-and-45-second film was uploaded by Betway Arabia on 18 October 2022. It follows the matchday sequence: the previous evening, music, dressing-room habits, the huddle, celebrations and chants.

Its value lies in the differences. One player looks for quiet; another uses music. Some speak freely before kick-off, while somebody else enters without talking. One timetable accommodates several approaches.

BW Arabia later published an accompanying feature on 13 March 2023. The video therefore belongs to October 2022, while the written page appeared the following March.

What Happens the Night Before a Hertha Match?

The first answers sound reassuringly ordinary. One player changes into comfortable clothes and watches a movie. Another chooses treatment and a series on Netflix.

Those choices are not presented as a formula for better performance. They make the hours before a game familiar. A professional match brings meetings, travel, meals and the knowledge that thousands will be watching. A repeatable evening removes a few decisions.

Which Music Gets the Players Ready?

The tempo changes when the discussion reaches music. Hip-hop provides one soundtrack, with Tupac among the artists mentioned. Another player names the Uruguayan rock band La Vela Puerca.

A playlist can create a private space inside a shared hotel, coach or dressing room. It may raise the energy without conversation or provide something familiar as the day becomes more structured.

The Uruguayan choice carries language and memory into Berlin. The film does not claim one genre prepares a footballer better than another; different sounds can perform the same role.

What Happens Inside the Hertha Dressing Room?

The players also discuss routines they notice in one another. Marc Oliver Kempf takes a shower before matches, a detail that amuses his teammates. Hertha’s official record confirms that Kempf joined the club in January 2022, placing the habit within the squad captured in the film.

Conversation depends on the individual. Some players protect their concentration by speaking to nobody when they arrive. Others remain talkative and relaxed around the group.

Neither approach is treated as superior. Silence and conversation are simply different routes towards the same moment.

Why Does the Team Circle Matter?

Before Hertha go out to play, the squad forms a circle. Sometimes the captain speaks; on another day, the message may come from somebody else.

Its place in the sequence gives the huddle weight. The players arrive with different treatments, playlists and moods. The circle is where private preparation becomes collective.

Once it breaks, the tunnel and pitch come next. The ritual does not decide the result, but it marks a clear change from getting ready to competing.

Which Goal Celebrations Do the Players Remember?

Asked about celebrations, the players move between a famous football image and something more personal. One chooses Wayne Rooney’s overhead kick for Manchester United against Manchester City in 2011. The finish is remembered first, but the reaction completes the scene.

Another answer is a Spider-Man gesture dedicated to a player’s son. It turns a public moment into a family message whose clearest meaning belongs to a much smaller audience.

Some rituals survive because football history repeats them; others matter because they belong to one person.

How Do Hertha Supporters Complete the Routine?

The discussion ends where player preparation meets the stands. “Ha, Ho, He, Hertha BSC” is not a private habit but a call recognised by team and supporters together. Simple words gain force through repetition and the number of voices joining them.

Players also remember songs from former clubs. A chant can remain attached to a ground or period of a career long after somebody moves on.

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