Unbeaten for the fifth time in a row. Schalke 04 are collecting points week after week in the fight against relegation. Against Fortuna Düsseldorf there were almost three, which, according to S04 coach Karel Geraerts, would be deserved.
Karel Geraerts agreed with his team’s performance.
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The squirrel eats with difficulty is a phrase that applies to Schalke 04 better than ever right now. The 1-1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf marked the fourth draw from the last five games. Karel Geraerts’ side are currently collecting point after point against relegation. “Every point is important. We have 37 now. Everyone says you need 40 to stay in the league, so we still need a few,” said the S04 coach sky after the match against Düsseldorf.
2nd Bundesliga, 31st matchday
Geraerts is “proud” of his players
According to the Belgian, the 1-1 draw against Fortuna, who are still in the middle of the fight for promotion, was a fair match. He is extremely satisfied with “what I saw today. It was a good performance over 90 minutes. […] I’m proud of my players and they deserved the three points today.” His protégés also had similar words. “In the end, maybe a fair result. It was a good level from both teams today. With a bit of luck we might win the game,” said the player Head of Karaman.
“After the goal we could have put more pressure on him and went for the second one,” he also found points on which the Royal Blues have to accept criticism. “I think Fortuna was wrong sure, our fans were behind us. Instead, they “let themselves fall too far behind”. When it comes to working against the ball, Schalke has “stepped up”. take it forward.”
Especially when it comes to “compactness between the chains – that is very, very important for us. The coach keeps asking for this and we have been very disciplined.” Keeper S04 Marius Müller agreed with him. “In the last few weeks we have seen that we can absolutely keep up, especially against good teams. This is largely due to the fact that the “flood of agreed goals was well contained”.
The sight of punishment causes conversations
Words of harmony after a point against one of the top teams in the league. If there hadn’t been the scene right before the end where… Assan Ouedraogo he fell in the penalty area in a duel with Joshua Quarshie. Referee Harm Osmers initially marked the spot, but decided against the penalty with the help of VAR and based on the images. A decision on which there were different opinions. “My idea is very simple,” Garaerts immediately clarified. “There was contact with Assan Ouedraogo, so the VAR cannot intervene at this time. There was a slight contact, so it is not a wrong decision.” Therefore, it was a “mistake” for him to review the decision made on the field.
“He could have made it easy for himself here in front of 60,000 people and he stayed on point,” said his colleague Daniel Thioune. “Communication doesn’t always mean foul play and I think it was a good decision.
Meanwhile, Müller stayed away from the debate. “To be honest, I don’t want to judge him. In the end it’s true that the referee blew the whistle out of the game and that’s what must be certain for me at “In the end. Whether it is in the end or not is up to me. I would like to go to the board of directors tomorrow morning.” Instead, he criticized that there were “no more clear lines.” “That’s the way it is, sometimes like that. Maybe the punishment would have been given two weeks ago.”
As is known, it was not given and so it remained at one time. A point worth a lot in the end, but it shouldn’t be the last on S04’s account. “If we focus on ourselves, I’m sure we’ll get the points as soon as possible,” says Müller. It would be better to start this next week at VfL Osnabrück.
2024-04-27 22:39:57
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