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Augsburg (AP) - Schalke 04 simply cannot win.
After great worries about the injured attacker Mark Uth, FC Augsburg wrested the much-needed victory from the Royal Blues shortly before the end.
Marco Richter scored the equalizer for FCA in the third minute of stoppage time to make it 2-2 (1-0).
This means that the royal blues' winless series continued in the 27th attempt - and that at the former place of work of Schalke's coach Manuel Baum.
Benito Raman (52nd minute) and in the majority Nassim Boujellab (61st) turned a dogged fighting game for the guests with their goals.
But it shouldn't be enough.
Schalke will have to wait for their first success since the 2-0 win against Gladbach on January 17, 2020.
Schalke remains bottom of the table.
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The FCA, which led to the break with an own goal by Suat Serdar, are in tenth place in the table thanks to the late equalization.
After the yellow-red card for striker Florian Niederlechner (54th), the hosts played long in the minority.
For Baum, the return to Augsburg was an emotionally extreme day.
The game against his ex-club, where he was fired in 2019, was of course “a special one” for the 41-year-old.
And it started shockingly with attacker Uth's accident.
The ex-national player hit his head on the grass after an aerial duel with his opponent Felix Uduokhai and remained motionless.
The 29-year-old had to be treated for minutes, several doctors and paramedics took care of Uth on the square.
His neck was stabilized and an infusion was given before he could be carried away on the stretcher.
After a long period of medical treatment, FC Schalke still got the message during the game that Uth was "approachable and stable" on the way to the hospital.
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According to reports, referee Manuel Graefe asked Schalke if they wanted to and could continue playing.
That was obviously answered in the affirmative.
The goal for Augsburg then initially fit into the picture of an unlucky Schalke day: a free kick, which ex-Schalke Daniel Caligiuri struck from the left sideline into the penalty area, extended national player Serdar with the tips of his hair into his own goal.
After the terrible scene with Uth, it was a game under special psychological circumstances.
Nevertheless, the duels on the pitch were often too tough.
Uduokhai slammed Nassim Boujellab's head again in midair.
The Schalke was able to continue playing after a treatment with a blue turban.
When Niederlechner met opponent Salif Sané with his hand in the face after a header duel, Graefe yellow-red drew against the FCA striker.
A key scene.
Raman had previously exploited a bad pass from Carlos Gruezo to go it alone in the direction of 1: 1.
With eleven against ten, Schalke struck again.
Serdar served Boujellab in the penalty area - and the Moroccan scored his first goal of the season.
But the hosts did not give up.
Rani Khedira missed a major Augsburg chance to make it 2-2.
Then it was Richter after Michael Gregoritsch's cross.
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