FC Schalke 04: the team angered fans

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reIn the evening, the Schalke 04, the ticket for the eighth finals of the Champions League, ended in a discordant tone. Two hours after cheering on the Moscow support team, many of the more than 5,000 spectators who came out whistled – and the vice-champion players were surprised. "On the one hand, they were happy, on the other hand, they whistled," said midfielder Alessandro Schöpf at the end of the match started at 1: 3 (0-0) FC Porto.

Most of his teammates had already entered the locker room after the first loss to the queen clbad before their coach Domenico Tedesco sent them to the Schalke block of the Drachenstadion. "It's hard for us when fans are angry, but we have to understand," said midfielder Omar Mascarell.

Unlike the players, the coach did not want to know the discontent of the followers. "Our fans have not whistled," said the coach seriously. That the young man of 33 years did not notice them or simply eliminated is a mystery. "We lost a lot of money," admitted Tedesco at least. "But we qualified for the last sixteen in a very strong group."

However, Schalke's annex has always been in keeping with the clbadic atmosphere "Oh, how nice is that." The more the Bundesliga was torn in the second half of its 200th European Cup match, the more it looked like a sarcasm. The joy of entering the qualifying round of the Champions League, won by Schützenhilfe Lokomotive Moscow in the 2-0 win over Galatasaray Istanbul before the coup in Porto, had long since disappeared.

Lack of understanding from Schalke's director, Heidel

The supporters had already sung only because he had been heard by the speakers at the break. The Portuguese text was the song of FC Porto's club: "The heart is blue and white." However, Schalke's whistles at the end clearly showed that their team had contributed nothing to tonight's entertainment.

Sport Board Christian Heidel was surprised. "You still have the right to express resentment," he said, "but now that we have qualified for the knockout stage, I do not know."

Nabil Bentaleb (89 '), the Royal Blues has almost nothing on the offensive except a late handball penalty. The defense has faltered again and again. "Offensively, we are doing very, very hard – already all season," admitted Schopf. The victory of the group is no longer possible in the second round and therefore waiting for a very thick block.

The atmosphere was close to the worst performances of the queen category and the new speech about injuries. Schalke will be in front of the Bundesliga striker Saturday (6.30pm at Liveticker at WELT) at TSG Hoffenheim, the striker. Guido Burgstaller was missing in Porto because of Achilles tendinitis. Steven Skrzybski had to be replaced at half time because of a muscle injury in the shoulder.

"I do not know when five Bundesliga players have already been injured at the same time," Heidel complains. Breel Embolo, Mark Uth and Cedric Teuchert are absent in the longer term. Burgstaller's injury was "very, very painful," said Heidel, "but I hope we can do it here by Saturday." On Skrzybski, he could not "imagine that he could play Saturday".