Schalke 04: Dimitrios Grammozis
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Appointed: March 2nd, 2021
Schalke 04 has already been relegated from the Bundesliga.
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Inexplicably, it took Werder around 20 minutes to find their way into the game – in the most important game of the season. Like Florian Kohfeldt, who was released last Sunday, Schaaf also attacked Davie Selke. But the loan from Hertha BSC was again unsuccessful. Selke should have equalized in the 19th minute, but was unable to shoot the ball into the largely empty goal after a pass from Josh Sargent. Instead, Gladbach’s goalkeeper Yann Sommer was able to clear with a strong save. The hosts were at least in the game and acted at eye level against very passive guests until the break.
But after the break, the Bremen team fell into a deep sleep again and Gladbach made things clear within six minutes. First Thuram met a pass from Hannes Wolf to 2-0, then Bensebaini was successful after a free kick from Stindl with his head. The Bremen team collapsed, and Schaaf couldn’t breathe life into the team from the side either. Neuhaus screwed the result to 4-0, Rashica and Füllkrug shortened – the rest was waiting for the result from Cologne. But no more help came from there.
1. FC Köln saved themselves late in the relegation – 1-0 win against Schalke
In Cologne, the long career of the experienced coach Friedhelm Funkel, who will finally retire after the season, was extended by two games. Funkel scored a remarkable ten points from six games. His successor has already been determined in Paderborn’s Steffen Baumgart. There have been rumors of a possible separation around sports director Horst Heldt for days. It remains to be seen whether remaining in class will save him. Despite a decent farewell performance, Schalke are the worst relegated team since the introduction of the three-point rule with only 16 points.
The first cheers among the FC officials broke out in the third minute when the leadership of Gladbach in Bremen became known. The professionals on the pitch were engaged against opposing Schalke players, but the nervousness was clearly noticeable. Before the break, FC only had one real chance when Benno Schmitz failed from a tight angle to Ralf Fährmann (23rd). Eight minutes later, Schalke almost took the lead, but Timo Horn parried Matthew Hoppe’s shot well.
Captain Jonas Hector led the way, but Fährmann saved his shot (48th) as well as that of Marius Wolf (53rd). For two minutes, FC felt saved, but Sebastian Andersson’s goal (71.) was canceled by video evidence due to a foul. The Cologne had more chances and were close to despair. But then Bornauw caused great cheers. The game could have got a very special touch in stoppage time when Schalke goalkeeper Fährmann headed just next to the goal after a corner kick.
Arminia Bielefeld manages to stay up on her own – Klos & Doan meet
Arminia Bielefeld, on the other hand, will certainly play in the Bundesliga in the coming season. Ostwestfalen won 2-0 (0-0) at VfB Stuttgart on the last match day and thus defended their 15th place in the table. Fabian Klos with a penalty kick in the 66th minute and Ritsu Doan in the 72nd minute scored the goals for Arminia, who in their fight against the threatened eighth relegation from the upper house no longer on the results of the pursuers Werder Bremen and 1. FC Cologne was instructed. Co-promoted VfB, who had long been sure to stay in the league, missed the European Cup, but can be very satisfied with his comeback in the Bundesliga.
The game in Stuttgart started quite lively. Ex-Bielefeld’s Roberto Massimo had two good chances early on, but only shot over the goal free-standing (9th) and was then decisively disturbed at the final moment (15th). The guests, however, were unlucky when Atakan Karazor deflected a nice shot by the Japanese Doan from the edge of the penalty area onto the left post (11th). As a result, VfB increasingly took control, but Arminia hardly dared to move forward. The Swabian leadership by Sasa Kalajdzic (34th) would have been deserved. His goal did not count because of an offside position from template provider Massimo.
In the second half, 20 minutes passed without a real chance to score, before substitute Naouirou Ahamada took Bielefeld’s Masaya Okugawa off his feet in the penalty area and paved the way for the guests to rescue them. Striker Klos put the due penalty safely into the left corner. Two minutes later, VfB almost equalized with a header from Waldemar Anton after a corner.
Instead, Bielefeld met again. After preliminary work by Arne Maier, the lively Doan skilfully moved from the right into the middle, left opponent Pascal Stenzel and pushed the ball past VfB keeper Gregor Kobel into the goal. As a result, not much came from the Stuttgarters. Klos could even have increased with his head, but failed from an acute angle to Kobel (81st).
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