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When Schalke’s Mark Uth stood in front of the Sky television station’s microphone on Saturday night after the 2-0 draw against Wolfsburg, he escaped. “I am so served and so angry right now,” said the forward. “I could go into the cabin and cry.”
His team only managed three draws in the first eight games of the season. Overall, Schalke have been hoping for a Bundesliga victory for 24 games throughout the seasons. The team last won on January 17 against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
As historic and inexplicable as Tasmania Berlin’s 31 winless games may be in the 1965/1966 season, Schalke are only seven games away. “We play very, very bad football,” Uth said.
The forward was emotional and authentic, which has become rare in so-called field interviews immediately after the game. “It’s very sad to get drunk and not be able to play soccer every time,” he said. His team had spent the second half at least roughly on par with the opponent. It had been a part-time decommissioning.
Rönnow saved Schalke from a major defeat
Although Wolfsburg spoke of their best first half of the current season after the game. That Schalke would have conceded half a dozen goals at half-time without strong goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow does not explain it.
“We are one step late at a time. We didn’t even get into duels, they didn’t give us a yellow card, ”said Uth, stunned. “I don’t know how we are going to win a game like this.”
The Schalke leaders cannot be accused of not having tried to change anything. In a year that led the club through the crisis of the crown to an existential financial crisis, the club changed what was possible.
Four goalkeepers in one year
For example, in the goalkeeper position, where actionism is particularly popular when things are not going well. A total of four goalkeepers have been placed between the posts since the beginning of the year: Markus Schubert, Alexander Nübel, Ralf Fährmann. And now Rönnow, who has been Schalke’s best player for weeks. None of this really did anything.
Schalke also made a change in the coaches’ bench, in the summer Manuel Baum arrived for David Wagner, who had been criticized for too long. But can the manager be blamed for such a series of defeats? “I’m honest with you, the coach is the poorest pig in the end,” said Uth.
He doesn’t want to give up, Uth said. But it would be a little early after matchday eight and with only one point behind. The mood at Schalke remains dramatically bad.
“What can you do? We have to keep going,” Uth said. The good news for all Schalke players: the year ended in five Bundesliga games, so they won’t break Tasmania’s record in the damn year 2020. The bad news: there will be no real winter holidays.
