With the help of Moscow: Schalke loses and reaches the round of 16

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

FC Schalke 04 qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League before sending the match to FC Porto thanks to the help of Lokomotiv Moscow. Lose quickly the team of coach Domenico Tedesco penultimate group match.

Before the kickoff, the Royal Blue is delighted: thanks to the Schützenhilfe Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Schalke 04 has reached the eighth finals of the Champions League, a chance of victory but playful after a poor performance. The Bundesliga were beaten 3-0 (0-0) in their 200th European Cup match against FC Porto and conceded their first defeat in the group stage, but will face the Portuguese before their last match with eight points in group D Master (13) already closed. The Revierclub took advantage of the 2-0 victory of the Russians (3) ahead of Galatasaray Istanbul (4).

The last home match against ex-Schalke Benedikt Höwedes on 11 December is therefore reserved for sports coach Domenico Tedesco. With the first participation in the knockout stages of the queen clbad for four years, the district club could hope for a further contribution of 9.5 million euros. The performance against Porto, however, caused disillusionment rather than euphoria. "We were too pbadive in the second half," said Daniel Caligiuri. His coach added: "We wanted to win, we saw it too, we were more offensive, we were disappointed with the result, Porto was better, they did almost everything correctly, we lost too many balls."

In front of 41,603 spectators at the Estadio do Dragao, Eder Militao (52nd minute), Jesus Manuel Corona (55th) and Moussa Marega (90th + 4) met for the superior hosts. Nabil Bentaleb succeeded with a hand penalty converted only the provisional connection (88.). "In the Champions League, mistakes are immediately sanctioned," said Schalke's defensive boss, Naldo, at DAZN. "But we are in the last 16 and we have to keep fighting." The guests of Gelsenkirchen, weakened by the replacement, were able to thank their strong goalkeeper, Ralf Fährmann, for not having more goals. In the attack, the Royal Blues remained far too innocuous and unthinkable and were also lucky in the second half in a defeat of Felipe at the crossbar (60) and a shot from Corona just past ( 63).

Disciplined yes, inspired no

"The quarter-finals would be an important step for us," Tedesco said before the match in Portugal. The fact that this stage was perfect even before the kickoff seemed to affect Schalke's commitment. Porto was the decisive team from the start. With two good chances at the distance, Danilo Pereira (15th) and Moussa Marega (19th) Ferryman responded brilliantly. The Schalke, with five changes in the starting lineup after the 5-2 win in the Bundesliga against Nuremberg, let him approach too cautiously to the offensive. Although the defense was good enough and allowed the first two chances, even until the break, Torgefahr left the Tedesco team in the first 45 minutes. Any. "Very, very disciplined" called Mike Büskens, with the victory of Schalke 1997 Uefa Cup, at half-time, the presentation of his successors at DAZN.

Disciplined yes, inspired no. The second half started a bit like the first one. Hector Herrera missed the pbader (47). A little later, even the best Schalke had no chance. After a center of Oliver Eder, Militao left with his header defenseless smuggler. Shortly after, Corona finished after his double pbad with Yacine Brahimi for a 2-0 win. On his side, veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas had to intervene during an attempt by Yevgeny Konoplyanka – without any problem (54.). However, the 37-year-old was defeated by Bentaleb.

Source: n-tv.de