Gelsenkirchen. Before the match the lights had gone out in the arena. Schalke 04 had invited the 1200 buddy closed on Friday Auguste Victoria mine in Marl, a mine choir sang the song Steiger. The miners surrendered their last miner’s lamp to the Bundesliga and Schalke’s club chief Clemens Tonnies promised: “. We will make sure that the light does not go out” On Friday Schalke went at least sporting a little light on: The Royal Blues won with 1: 0 against TSG Hoffenheim.
Maxim Choupo-Moting made Eric with his goal in the 28th minute that Schalke overwinter with 27 points and have a Merry Christmas. Even if it finally was a hard-earned victory
Schalke had begun for the first time since Matchday without young star Leroy Sané in the starting eleven -. It was what coach André Breitenreiter meant when he an “exciting line-up” had announced? For the 19-year-old Franco Di Santo began, and the use of previously hard-hit Leon Goretzka was a second surprise. Former Bochum was in the sixth minute from the first warning shot, but the ball smacked the side-netting -. And feel jubilation came too early
In any case, it was a brisk game to end the year, perhaps also because was that playing football was much easier on the freshly laid turf in the new arena. But Schalke had also made some fine adjustments on playmaking to relieve Johannes Geis. The defender, also the improved Benedikt Höwedes, were higher than last, it was attacked earlier. And so fell in the 28th minute of the opening goal.
John Geis struck a sharp pass from the inside right side of the penalty area, where Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting the shin came to the ball and Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann outwitted. For the German-Cameroonian it was the fifth goal in the last five games. “Choupo” has just again a run.
The guide was well deserved, a short time before had been Klaas-Jan Huntelaar failed from an acute angle to Baumann, but it was not a one-way football in the arena. Not even Hoffenheim had its share, since Huub Stevens had not chosen a pure wall tactics, though he had left the last weak international Kevin Volland for one hour on the bench. Shortly after the break, the guests had by Jonathan Schmid a great chance to equalize.
Schalke practiced in the second half is not as much pressure on the opponent, so that width riders then tried after 61 minutes by Sané for Meyer , First relief came but from the other side:. Part by force and partly with good eye tried Sead Kolašinac from an acute angle and hit the outside of the post (. 64)
However, the flow of the game the first 45 minutes was now gone, Schalke had to invest a lot of work and be on the defensive on the alert because Hoffenheim always remained dangerous. So caught many fans in the 69th minute when he shot from Vargas over the goal of breathing. But in the end it was just like last almost always when Schalke in the Bundesliga has a home game on Friday night: For 13 games the Blues are unbeaten since – there were twelve successes and a draw. “For us, only counts the victory! We have won us worked and earned a lot of chances, “summed up the 1: 0-shooter Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Manfred Hendriock
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