“Late Goal Heroics Not Enough: Schalke’s Struggle to Avoid Relegation”

All sliders in the red area: In the 2-2 win against Frankfurt, the Gelsenkircheners again forced a late goal, the emotions afterwards are great. However, playing with extremes has a downside.

Sebastian Polter’s late goal to make it 2-2 for Schalke against Eintracht Frankfurt was certainly not the first important goal with which the district club has enriched its meager points account shortly before the final whistle in the current second half of the season. As in several games before, a roar of cheering erupted in the arena, but this moment of happiness did not result in a boisterous party.

Rather, coach Thomas Reis reported a “big disappointment” in view of the complex table constellation after Bochum’s 1-1 draw in Berlin, which became even more unfriendly on Sunday due to Stuttgart’s victory in Mainz: Before the last day of the game, Schalke is again in a direct relegation zone, one point behind Bochum and VfB.