While the Bavarians rush from success to success, Schalke has been waiting for a goal for almost five hours now. And in the last two February games, the substitute-weakened “royal blues” suffered heavy defeats: In the home game against Leipzig, the team of ÖFB team players Michael Gregoritsch and Alessando Schöpf slid into a 0: 5 home debacle, followed by a 0 on Saturday: 3 in Cologne.
Bayern come at the wrong time for Schalke, who have been without a win for six league games. “This is a starting point that is anything but pleasant,” said Wagner: “The roles are clearly divided. And yet you never know how a game will end. If Bayern Munich, then in the cup and at home. ”ÖFB legionnaire Guido Burgstaller, who was last substituted for Gregoritsch, could also be used again. Wagner had words of praise for the Carinthian.
Club meeting with DFB
Schalke 04 also wants to react consistently to defamatory posters and chants from fans in the future. “If on Tuesday (March 3rd) in the cup game against FC Bayern Munich, in the game against TSG Hoffenheim (March 7th) or in future matches such events occur in the Veltins-Arena, our team will leave the place – regardless of the length of the game, the result or any consequences, ”announced the Bundesliga team on Sunday.
A meeting between club representatives, the police and the referees took place on Monday evening. It should be clarified how to react to possible further fan protests against Hopp and general insults. “The goal is very clear to hold a DFB Cup quarter-finals, but also to leave room for expressions of opinion,” said Schalke spokesman Thomas Spiegel on Monday. “It is important to us that maybe football could be the focus again.”
Sport became a minor matter
Flick also condemned the abuse against Hoffenheim’s patron Dietmar Hopp by Bayern fans on Monday, which almost led to a game break in Sinsheim last Saturday. The good athletic performance of ÖFB star David Alaba, who was called into the eleven of the day by the specialist magazine “kicker”, and his colleagues were also “spoiled” as a result.
The most recent top performances at the 3-0 in the Champions League round of 16 first leg in London against Chelsea and the 6-0 against Hoffenheim should also continue in the third Munich away game en suite. “This is a yardstick that we have presented,” said Flick. “The overall package is right. The team makes a great impression physically and playfully. There is no easing, ”announced the 55-year-old.
Düsseldorf makes guest appearances at Pokalschreck Saarbrücken
In the second quarter-finals on Tuesday evening (6.30 p.m.) the cup fright Saarbrücken, as the leader of the Regionalliga Südwest, received the relegation-prone Bundesliga team Fortuna Düsseldorf with the ÖFB legionnaires Kevin Stöger and Markus Suttner.
Coach Lukas Kwasniok showed himself in the run-up to the David versus Goliath duel as an admirer of Fortuna. “When I watched Dusseldorf in the video, I thought: Wow, that’s another sport,” said the coach of the fourth division on Monday. “Düsseldorf has an extremely active, agile, bold style of play. I admire them for that. “
“Actually we have no chance”
But that is exactly “opportunity and risk at the same time. For them and for us, ”said the 38-year-old. “Actually, we have no chance, just ‘actually’ is a double negative. We have to deliver as if we were a second division and at the same time lower Düsseldorf to a second division level, ”said Kwasniok, who believes the recipe for the next sensation against a Bundesliga representative after the 3-2 win in the second round against Cologne. “It could be uncomfortable for Düsseldorf. We can beat Düsseldorf and make a lot of money. And we will try to do that by all legal means. “
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