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Schalke Ultras had demanded a reaction from the winless professionals in the “biggest game of the year”, but this did not happen!
FC Schalke 04 lost Pott’s 97th Bundesliga derby to Borussia Dortmund 3-0 (0-0) and have gone 21 games without a win. Only Tasmania Berlin has had a worse streak in the Bundesliga (matches 1965/1966/31).
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HeavenExpert Lothar Matthäus was clear after the final whistle: “Schalke was not a criterion for BVB. That reminded me of Bayern’s cup match against Düren. Only Düren was much more courageous.” The national record player, which compares Schalke to a fifth division in the Middle Rhine, also said: “If Schalke continues like this, it is a relegation candidate.”
Schalke: 16th bankruptcy in 2020
The Royal Blues had kept up for 55 minutes in a 3-2-2-2 tactic against the superior Dortmund team, defending well, disciplined and attentive. But then they broke in helplessly. Manuel Akanji, Erling Haaland and Mats Hummels finally sealed Schalke’s 16th bankruptcy in calendar 2020.
It is shocking how little progress was made in S04. Nothing at all, to be precise. The statisticians recorded only four contacts with the ball in the opponent’s penalty area in the first half and, actually, not a single one after the break. The other horror values from S04’s point of view: only 25 percent possession, 38 percent won duels and three shots on goal. Schalke remains scoreless for the third time in a row in the prestigious Revier derby.
Defender Bastian Oczipka put his finger in the wound: “We started high and put pressure on Dortmund. The pressure was good. But what was really, really bad is our game with the ball. We just have to improve.” . We gave too many balls, we had many victories, but we kept losing them. In the long run, that’s not enough. “
Just a drawing under the tree
The coach effect is gone at Schalke for now. With Manuel Baum, who had followed David Wagner a month ago, Schalke won just one point from three games (1: 1 against Union). This includes the two cheers against Leipzig (0: 4) and now Dortmund (0: 3).
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Baum was again very active on the sidelines, spoke a lot with his team and actively influenced his players. “Play football, men! Dare to do something,” he encouraged them in the first minutes. At halftime – it was still 0-0 – he accompanied his team with great applause. “Strong guys. Don’t give up now!”
Oczipka thinks, “We are addressing the right issues with him (the coach), very clearly.” The coach himself sees a mental problem in his team. “The biggest problem is: we don’t have enough confidence in ourselves. We have to work to grab the balls and push them. In the end, that’s the only thing that matters: we want and we have to score goals. I agree with Lothar when he says” No. it makes sense to just defend. We also have to score goals. The main problem is the head. “
Baum didn’t hide his mood and said, “I’m upset and angry.”
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Schalke without courage and creativity
The restless Schalke professionals hung out, got into the duels, but jokingly (without the injured Mark Uth and Suat Serdar) nothing came together again. At the moment, there is simply a lack of creativity in building the game, the courage to decide games, and the self-confidence to score a goal from the game. “When we have the ball,” says Baum, “we don’t have confidence in ourselves. That’s the biggest field of work we have right now. We have to be bolder.”
“It will continue on Friday,” says Oczipka decided. Then Schalke waits in Gelsenkirchen VfB Stuttgart. A victory against the newcomer is almost essential. “It can change from game to game,” concludes Baum. “That’s the good thing, that’s why I stay positive, because in football the climate can change so fast that you wouldn’t believe it.”
