Briefly prevailed on the Main descent, but now Frankfurt has a Mini-Chance on a return to Europe. The players want to do two further Wins everything. Schalke’s month-long malaise continues.
Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – After the hard-fought 2:1 (1:0) against the now 14 Games without a win, FC Schalke 04, Adi Hütter from clapped his weary charges facilitated, then the coach took from Eintracht Frankfurt is still a short time for a chat with his colleague David Wagner.
With the long convincing appearance, the hessians kept their Mini-Chance to Reach the Europa League and extended so that the negative record series of the Apprentice. André Silva in the 28. Minute and David Abraham (50.) penalties for the home side. The goal of Weston McKennie (59.) was too little for the staid guests, the the game after a Yellow-Red card for Can bozdoğan (77.) outnumbered finished.
“We are absolutely elated after the victory, which has in the meantime looked very confident,” said Frankfurt’s sporting Director Fredi Bobic in DAZN. “In these times, we will gladly take the victory, of duty fulfilled, finally home won,” added the former striker.
Frankfurt, mixed in with 41 points in the race for an international starting place for Schalke (39 meter) is likely to Europe after months of misery, probably final story. “The guys have put up a fight, worthy of respect. Therefore, it is a pity that we could not turn the game. So we’ll take the result, unfortunately,” said Coach Wagner. With a win Schalke could actually catch up to the international ranks.
“We have the Chance. If we had said that in front of 5-6 Games, then that would have been outstanding. Now we have the Chance and you want to pack,” said Frankfurt’s defender Martin Hinteregger on the turbulent season of Hesse. The Team of Coach Hütter a few weeks ago, had to throw anxious glances in the direction of the relegation zone, may now be hoped for once on an international return. “Our goal must be to win the two games and to hope that the others won’t fail”, noted Sebastian Rode after his 100. Bundesliga game for Frankfurt.
Against crisis-hit Schalke took the Hesse immediately the Initiative and shifted the game in the guest half. After a quarter of an hour, the harmony would have been able to go twice in the lead, but Danny Costa, and shortly after, Daichi Kamada made since the completion of the necessary precision to miss. The Japanese, who saw in the further course of the game his fifth Yellow card on Saturday in Cologne is missing, failed also in the 22. Minute with a shot from the penalty area boundary to the Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Nübel.
After half an hour the tireless Attack of Concord was rewarded – just as Schalke was a time in the forward movement. Filip Kostic sent to Kamada on the left wing, who operated Silva and AC Milan’s on-loan Portuguese saying ended his eleventh goal of the season. To reported this time, the statistics, 75 percent possession of the ball for Frankfurt.
Shortly after the interval increased to Abraham by the head according to Kostic-a free-kick. But suddenly it was over with the harmony-dominance. Schalke dare now more to the front and came through a header but the ball is McKennie for the connection. Not enough more it, because the scorer of Abraham in a shot from Michael Gregoritsch (75.) on the line was cleared. “We have just given away the first half and weren’t even in the game and not grippy enough. It is a great pity, but I don’t think undeserved to Frankfurt,” said Schalke’s Bastian Oczipka.
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