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Gelsenkirchen (dpa) - Huub Stevens announced his departure from FC Schalke 04 after the conciliatory end of the two-game interlude. "From this evening" he will no longer be a coach, the Dutch old master said just a few minutes after the round of 16 - Entry into the DFB-Pokal through the 3: 1 (1: 0) success over the brave fourth division SSV Ulm.

The only fourth competitive win in 2020 on Tuesday was nothing more than a small consolation for Christmas.

At the end of a completely screwed up year, Suat Serdar (27th) and two Benito Raman (51st / 63rd) ensured a sense of achievement.

The goal conceded by Johannes Reichert (82nd) ​​was to be coped with in the round of 16.

“We're one lap further, and that's the most important thing.

I had fun in the five days, ”said Stevens on Sky TV.

“It's important that they have finally won another victory,” said Stevens.

The 67-year-old is hoping for the return of some injured players by the next Bundesliga match of the bottom of the table on January 2nd at Hertha BSC.

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Stevens' successor faces a difficult task.

For 45 minutes there was no three-class difference to be seen against Ulm.

«The performance deserves respect.

Nevertheless, we are a bit disappointed because we put in a huge amount of effort, ”said coach Holger Bachthaler.

The sixth of the Regionalliga Südwest attacked early, so that the action in the first half took place much more in the half of the Bundesliga team.

However, the Ulm team didn't manage anything really dangerous in the end until the break.

The hosts, who had swapped home rights with Ulm, were different: in one of the very few determined attacks, left-back Bastian Oczipka matched Serdar, who hit Serdar from around 22 meters with a shot that was still slightly deflected.

It was the 23-year-old's first goal since January 17, when he also scored in the 2-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach - the only Schalke Bundesliga victory this year.

Since then, there have been 29 consecutive league games without success.

The lead, which was rather unexpected after the course of the game, did not provide any security, especially since Stevens changed the team to five positions after the bitter 0: 1 against Bielefeld.

For example, captain Omar Mascarell and Nassim Boujellab were injured.

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Ulm, who surprised the then cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt in their own stadium in 2018, continued to try to reach the third cup round for the first time in 20 years.

Robin Heusser tested Fährmann from a distance (47th), before Schalke also appeared dangerously in front of the Ulm goal in return - for the first time since the 1-0.

When Ulm goalkeeper Maximilian Reule let a hard long-range shot from Amine Harit ricochet off, Raman dusted off for the second goal.

The central attacker then finished 3-0 after winning the ball from Steven Skrzybski.

With that, the decision was made, and Schalke now also showed playful approaches, freed from the pressure.

Ferryman even held Reichert's penalty kick, but the margin was on.

"It was only important for us to end the year with a win - regardless of whether the opponent is in a different league," said Raman.

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