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FC Schalke concede victory after Uth clash
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Mark Uth receives first aid in the field
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Striker Mark Uth must be taken to hospital after a collision, his teammates lose a 2-1 lead in Augsburg late. Schalke’s series continues with 27 games without a win.
reHe tipped the Schalke fan was already quite frustrated on this third Sunday of Advent. Her heart club had been waiting for a Bundesliga win for 26 matches, and then immediately before the groundbreaking away game at FC Augsburg began, news came that midfield director Amine Harit, who was pardoned for the week, she was unable to participate after a 14-day suspension. Knee injury.
Just a preview of an insanely hectic game day – because what finally happened in the next game overcame even the most violent fears of miner supporters.
After nine minutes, the match had to be interrupted because Mark Uth had run towards Augsburg international Felix Uduokhai. In a head butt duel, the skulls of the two opponents collided uncontrollably, leaving Uth still unlucky enough to land on the foot of Rani Khedira of Augsburg. Apparently, Schalke had already lost consciousness when they fell.
Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann (left) leans towards Mark Uth, who is injured and is carried off the field on a stretcher
Source: dpa / Stefan Puchner
The opponent’s teammates and professionals were shocked. Uth still had to stock up on the field, while his colleague Omar Mascarell endured an infusion. The 29-year-old was rushed and taken to the hospital after ten minutes. A little later, the club announced that the forward’s condition was stable. With a concussion, he stayed in the hospital one night.
Despite the shock, the guests decided to continue the game. The referee Manuel Gräfe had asked the will to do so. But from a Royal Blues perspective, it didn’t improve at first.
After 20 more minutes of play, Uduokhai collided with a Schalke player again, this time Nassim Boujellab had to be treated in the head. And while the midfielder awaited the resumption on the bench with a hastily placed “turban” on his head, the hosts took the lead, through an own goal. Suat Serdar extended a free kick by former Schalke Daniel Caligiuri in his own box (32).
At the time, there wasn’t much to suggest that the bottom of the table would return. And it could be recognized as a moral feat that Schalke got back on track after the break despite Uth’s crash and the unfortunate deficit.
First, after a poor pass from Carlos Gruezo, Benito Raman made it 1-1 with a moving lob from 15 meters over goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz (52nd). And nine minutes later he had the bad luck of Boujellab, who even beat the hungry Royal Blues with his first goal in the Bundesliga, on the basis of Serdar.
Should the first Bundesliga win since late January be achieved, since the 2-0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach? Hope for the rare sense of accomplishment was also triggered by the fact that Augsburg striker Florian Niederlechner had received the yellow-red card between Schalke’s two goals.
Uth digested it, flipped the game, and then the last half hour of the match in excess – nothing should go wrong.
Indeed, Schalke maintained the narrow but well-deserved advantage in injury time, before another former player participated in the ill-fated goal. Substitute Michael Gregoritsch, who was still under contract with Knappen until the summer, beautifully crossed forward Marco Richter, who headed 2-2 (90 + 3).
A dramatic end to an incredible afternoon in Augsburg.
