Gosh, FC Schalke 04! The violently troubled club wanted to say goodbye to the 57th season of the Bundesliga with a positive result, but in the end there is the next clap. Relegation Paderborn honors goodbye from the 1st Bundesliga.
SC Freiburg – FC Schalke 04 4: 0 (2: 0)
FC Schalke 04 ended the weakest second half of its club history with a swatter at SC Freiburg. In the midst of the annoyance about the additionally stressful Tönnies affair, the royal blue lost 0: 4 (0: 2) to the efficient host. While around 1,000 supporters around the Schalke Arena expressed their displeasure with a protest, the team led by coach David Wagner expanded their bankruptcy series in the Bundesliga to 16 games without a win. With immense problems and angry fans, Schalke now has to go into the summer break. National strikers Luca Waldschmidt (20th / 57th minute), Jonathan Schmid (38th) and Lucas Höfler (46th) scored the goals for the Freiburg team, who say goodbye to the holiday with a completely different mood. Although the chance for the Europa League was gone, Baden’s coach Christian Streich can look forward to eighth place in the table as a reward for another strong season.
With the Schalke players, it was not the crisis team, but especially the club management that drew the anger of the fans. At the same time as the tenth defeat in the second half of the season and easily conceding goals, around 1,000 supporters demonstrated at home against Clemens Tönnies and the club’s board. The human chain under the motto “Schalke is not a slaughterhouse – against the disassembly of our club” alluded to the negative headlines with the many corona cases at meat entrepreneur Tönnies. Consequences of the long-term crisis with the last win of the season on January 17 are to be announced on Monday. According to media reports, the club parted ways with athletics and fitness coaches Bob Schoos and Klaus Luisser at the end of the season. Spicy at this end of the season: According to the “Bild” newspaper, Freiburg’s goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow, on Saturday only a substitute, will be the successor to Alexander Nübel, who is moving to Bayern Munich.
Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 SC Paderborn (2-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt has struggled to an arduous work victory when SC Paderborn left the league. The Hessians won 3: 2 (2: 0) and ended the Corona season 2019/20 with 45 points as table bottom. Sebastian Rode in the 9th minute, André Silva (32nd) and Bas Dost (52nd) scored the Frankfurt goals. Mohamed Dräger (55th) and Sven Michel (75th) met for the brave and never giving up relegation, who celebrated only four wins in 34 games and was last with 20 points. Because of the slump in the second half, Frankfurt coach Adi Hütter decided not to give the veteran Marco Russ a short assignment in the final phase. The 34-year-old, who has been on the ball for Hessen for 22 years, ends his career with 353 competitive appearances for Hessen and will work in the analysis for his heart club in the future.
FC Augsburg -RB Leipzig 1:2 (1:1)
National player Timo Werner has bid farewell to the league and secured RB Leipzig third place in the table. In his last game before moving to Chelsea, the striker scored both goals for the 2: 1 (1: 0) of the Saxons at FC Augsburg. After the season goals 27 (27th minute) and 28 (80th) Werner was replaced and hugged all teammates and supervisors on the bench. The exceptional striker also equalized Jupp Heynckes’ Bundesliga record from the 1973/74 season with 17 away goals in one season. The Augsburg could not prevent the first home loss to RB in the league. Ruben Vargas’ goal for the 1: 1 (72nd) in the meantime was not enough for the hosts, who had made the class stay perfect a week ago. They ended the season in 15th place, just above the relegation zone
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