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Lost, angry, angry – the mood at Schalke 04 is widespread.
Königslauen lost again in the Bundesliga, thus extending their winless streak. Against Bayer Leverkusen, coach Manuel Baum’s team lost 3-0. (The game to read on TICKER)
“It sucks. I’m pissed we won’t get out of a game like this,” said a visibly eaten tree after the game. Sky. He added: “We ran 120 kilometers, sprinting more than the most intense team in the Bundesliga. We got two standard goals, we lost the ball on the third goal and we didn’t even do our things.”
Malick Thiaw created an early deficit with an own goal. In the 67th minute, Julian Baumgartlinger increased his head before Steven Skrzybski had a chance to connect with a penalty. But the forward failed because of Bayer goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky. Patrik Schick closed the game in the final phase.
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Schalke since 26 games without winning
The Royal Blues have been winless in 26 Bundesliga games and nearly eleven months, with just five lost matches from the 55-year-old record. Schalke is the only team without a victory to remain at the bottom of the table. (Bundesliga table)
Fans expressed their anger at the rapid sporting decline and management chaos at the highly indebted traditional club once again on posters around the arena. Still undefeated this season, Leverkusen took all three points despite stress in the European Cup thanks to the help of Schalke and climbed to second place.
Self-critical Thiaw: “Do I have to be smarter?”
“It hurts a lot. We tried to put in an incredible effort. There was commitment and will. It is clear that Leverkusen are not currently in our weight class. However, we did some things quite well. If we had converted the penalty it could have been something. said Schalke goalkeeper Michael Langer, who played his first Bundesliga game in 13 years and showed an attractive performance. He added: “We have to remain positive and work on our weaknesses. It is a difficult time for us, we have to be united.”
The game started very badly from Schalke’s point of view. In the 5th minute, Leon Bailey lost the opening lead for Peter Bosz’s team from close up at the far post, in return the Royal Blues played too sloppy a counterattack.
In the 10th minute, Schalke defender Malick Thiaw struck, caught by Bayer defender Aleksandar Dragovic, headfirst into his own goal. Schalke’s complaint was useless, referee Benjamin Cortus gave up the goal, and the basement of the video did not intervene either. “From my first perception, it was a foul, but it was brutally difficult to decide,” Langer said.
“Four officials from other clubs write to me that it was a cheek to give this goal,” said sports director Jochen Schneider before the referee’s decision.
“I acted a little stupid. You can whistle, but the referee did not whistle. I have to do it with more intelligence,” said the scorer at an own goal. Regarding the current situation, he said: “It sucks for everyone. In fact, we train well. We have to be men and show balls.” They would have to score against the next opponent.
Schalke’s blow doesn’t count
Just a minute later, Bailey had the next big opportunity, but failed in a one-on-one duel against Langer.
Because Frederik Rönnow (thigh strain) and Ralf Fährmann (knee problems) were injured, Langer had to get between the posts. The Austrian last played for Swedish first division club IFK Norrköping on July 9, 2017, and had previously played his only Bundesliga match in 2007 with VfB Stuttgart.
In the 15th minute Patrik Schick could have increased from close range, but he didn’t hit the ball properly. Schalke also scored in the first half, but Mark Uth was offside in front of his pass to Nassim Boujellab. (Bundesliga schedule and results)
In the second half, Schalke increased the pressure, but without creating convincing chances. In the 67th minute, Baumgartlinger took a corner kick, five minutes later there was a penalty for Schalke after a foul on Suat Serdar, but Hradecky first defused Skrzybski’s shot and then the margin.
Schick finally pulled the plug with his goal in the 78th minute.
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With sports information service (SID)
