Schalke 04 clearly beaten by Gladbach – series of victories continues

Schalke started surprisingly brave at Borussia Mönchengladbach, but still suffered an early setback. After a quarter of an hour, Florian Neuhaus took the lead, after Breel Embolo failed Frederik Rönnow immediately before, the rebound landed on the national player who was lucky at the end. The ball passed five Schalke players and Rönnow to the goal (15th).

But the Royal Blues did not lower their heads, as they recently did, but continued to play valiantly against passive Gladbachers. The bottom of the table was rewarded for this. Just five minutes after the deficit, Marcus Thuram threw a creepy bad pass straight to the legs of Marc Uth, who took a chippball to Benito Raman, who hit the right corner to make it 1-1 (minute 20).

With a direct free kick, the overall strong Uth, who also made a positive impression as a speaker, nearly scored the 2: 1 for Royal Blue. But his moving free kick only hit the left outside post (28th). But not Schalke, but Gladbach at this point took the lead a bit happily. Neuhaus perfectly passed Oscar Wendt, who took the lead like ice. Rönnow was still there on his fingertips, but he couldn’t avoid the gap (36th).

The guests endured the renewed deficit more difficult than it was after 0: 1 and Gladbach had almost extended the lead. But after a corner kick, Thuram hit the crossbar with his head (39th).

After the break, it wasn’t long before the supposed preliminary decision. Patrick Herrmann crossed a free kick from midfield into the penalty area, where Matthias Ginter headed Alassane Pléa. Rönnow defended himself from the attacker’s shot just in front of Thuram’s feet, which he dusted from close range (52º).

As a result, Schalke sold well but failed to capitalize on partially strong performances from the first half. Gladbach, on the other hand, was unable to close the bag early. Statement granted to Rönnow (63.). Only slightly later, the Schalke goalkeeper parried a spectacular hammer away from Neuhaus (67th), before defusing a double chance for Plea and Embolo again (69th) shortly thereafter.

The colt-elf managed to make it 4-1. Hannes Wolf, who had recently been replaced, made the final decision (81st). In the end, Schalke had no chance in the 25th consecutive Bundesliga game that they failed to win.

Oscar Wendt (Borussia Mönchengladbach): “The 2-1 goal was important for us. The first part of the first half was difficult for us. Schalke started well, they were aggressive and played well. We still had heavy legs from Wednesday. In the end we deserved to win.”

Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Mönchengladbach): “We knew we didn’t play well for the first 30 minutes. But that’s normal after a match during the week. Schalke did well and adapted well to us. In the end we have to win the matches, that’s what we did and we are very happy today. “

Sascha Riehter (Schalke 04 Licensed Players Department Coordinator): “I think we saw a very good performance today, especially at the beginning. But there were too many minor mistakes that invited the Gladbach team to score. It’s bitter when you put on so much.”

Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04): “When you see the first half, you can already talk about progress. We wanted to play with courage and we did it. We didn’t defend well in the second half.”

Mark Uth (Schalke 04): “I will never be able to live with a defeat. We did very well in the first half. We had good phases and we came out motivated from the break, 3-1 disconnected us. It’s a shame. We just have to keep going.” , at some point the goat will be knocked down. “

A good pun on Uth’s magical pass to Raman before 1: 1. But that doesn’t even do the fantastic showdown justice.

It may sound strange after a 1: 4 from Schalker’s point of view. But the S04 showed a good performance especially up to 1: 2, especially compared to the last few weeks, a much better performance. Even after 0: 1, the Royal Blues did not lower their heads and quickly reached the tie. Schalke spokesman clearly Uth, who also shone with a great squad. In the end, Gladbach was too big a size. However: Schalke can take advantage of the first 30 minutes in particular.

Schalke last won a Bundesliga match on January 17 this year. Ahead of the fans at home with 2-0 against Gladbach. It was the 25th consecutive attempt in which Schalke went without a win. The negative streak that began after Gladbach did not end at Borussiapark nine and a half months later.

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