Schalke striker: “For us it doesn’t matter who is coach”

Vedad Ibisevic missed good opportunities in the second half. Photo: firo

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The crisis at Schalke is getting bigger: The Royal Blues were also defeated by Werder Bremen with 1: 3 and once again fueled the coaching discussion about coach David Wagner. New striker Vedad Ibisevic also has an opinion on this personality.

Of the FC Schalke 04 went into the dressing room with a 2-0 break deficit against Werder Bremen. The second round also came Vedad Ibisevic. The veteran, who moved from Hertha BSC to Gelsenkirchen in the summer, should bring Schalke back into the game. The 36-year-old veteran almost succeeded in doing that. But his header just missed the goal shortly after half-time.

A few minutes later, after a penalty kick, it wriggled back into the Schalke goal. 3-0 for Bremen. The game was over. Also Ibisevic don’t really know why Schalke seem to have completely forgotten how to win. “It’s hard to explain. Of course we have a lot more ambitions. The first half went very badly for us.” We were too far away with the standards. Werder punished us severely. You can’t defend like that. We tried to do better in the second half, but it was even harder after the 3-0 win, “said Ibisevic on the microphone of the pay channel “Sky”.

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Ibisievic has already experienced some difficult moments in his career, whether in Berlin, at VfB Stuttgart or TSG Hoffenheim. But 18 games in a row without a win: this is also new territory for the former Bosnian international.

“We are all in a very difficult situation. It will not be easy. But we all have to pull ourselves out together. It can only be done together,” he emphasized. At the coaching discussion David Wagner (48) he does not want to participate. “We’re not concerned with the coaching question. It’s a question for other people. For us players it doesn’t matter who coaches.”

Also captain Omar Mascarell said after the game against Bremen to “Sky”. He didn’t really know how to go on and practiced using empty phrases. “This situation is not easy for us. But we have to stay positive and always think about the next game.” And the next game is next Saturday (6.30 p.m.) at RB Leipzig. There are really easier tasks in the Bundesliga.

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