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BERLIN (AP) – Jurgen Klinsmann is still finding things difficult despite winning his first match as coach of Hertha Berlin.
Vladimir Darida's 53rd-minute goal was enough to give Hertha a 1-0 victory over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, but the nature of the performance was little different from those produced under Klinsmann's luckless predecessor, Ante Covic.
After an uninspired first half, Hertha was even whistled off at halftime by disappointed home fans at the Olympiastadion.
''We had to work our way into the game. We did much too little in the first half,'' Klinsmann said.