With the much-celebrated 3-1 home win against VfL Bochum, Schalke were able to score their first three of the current season. A very important game, because of the supposedly “small derby” and the table situation, which became a significant sense of achievement for the royal blue hosts.
Dominick Drexler gave S04 the lead in the first half (38th minute) before Bochum was able to equalize through Philipp Hofmann just a few minutes after the restart (51st). A deflected free kick, which counts as an own goal by Erhan Masovic, put the Gelsenkirchen team back in the lead. The game was about to end when Sebastian Polter of all people scored the third goal with a header that was well worth seeing.
This puts Schalke in twelfth place in the table with six points. After six defeats, VfL is still the pointless and meanwhile slightly defeated bottom.
This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Polter scores to make it 3-1: Reactions to Schalke’s win over Bochum.
