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The disappointed faces of the players and those responsible at FC Schalke 04 after the final whistle spoke volumes.

Once again they had big plans, once again they experienced a low blow with the 0: 2 (0: 0) on Wednesday evening.

Schalke acts like a relegated.

“We have to bring more to the field.

We want to get out of the situation, ”said defender Benjamin Stambouli.

“Football is difficult sometimes.

But we have to keep our heads up.

If you're down there, then you don't have much courage and quickly lose hope. "

Against SC Freiburg, Schalke missed the longed-for end to their unprecedented series of failures.

After the well-deserved defeat against the Breisgauer, the team of coach Manuel Baum is waiting for a Bundesliga success after another shockingly poor performance in 28 games.

Tasmania Berlin's negative record (31 games without a win in 1965/66) is getting closer and closer.

Matthäus: "Schalke not suitable for the Bundesliga"

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The opponents no longer come just to take the points.

But to give condolences.

At least that's how it works.

Freiburg's Christian Streich said: "Schalke tried to defend the goal with good order and good discipline."

Sky expert Lothar Matthäus even spoke about a possible renewed change of coach in Gelsenkirchen.

“Schalke played again in such a way that they say it was not suitable for the Bundesliga,” said the record national player: “They did not develop any great chances, the level of play and cooperation were missing.

I don't see any development in the team and the coach is responsible for that. "

Is another coach change conceivable?

Matthäus: "Schalke has to think about it."

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Baum, who lost six of ten Bundesliga games with Schalke (against Leipzig, Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Gladbach, Leverkusen, Freiburg) and got four draws (against Union Berlin, Stuttgart, Mainz, Augsburg), emphasized: “It's not about my job at all .

Of course, if you don't win, you know that the coach is always in discussion.

I don't have that feeling here at all.

My mission is to bring Schalke out of here together.

We saw how difficult it is, but we are still miles away from giving up. "

Schalke on the ground - Manuel Baum's team also loses against SC Freiburg

Source: dpa / Martin Meissner

He publicly criticized his team more harshly than ever in the Sky interview.

In particular, the winger, they would not have kept defensively to what would have been agreed before the game.

The coach: "We were incredibly harmless on the offensive, the goalkeeper didn't have to do anything great." Baum announced a crisis meeting.

"We will have to say again clearly about this game."

Two goals for Sallai for the first time

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The mood among the guests was completely different: the acclaimed player was Roland Sallai.

With his first "double" in the Bundesliga in the 50th and 68th minutes, the Hungarian ensured the team's second away win.

Freiburg coach Christian Streich had taken Sallai into the starting line-up as the only new player compared to the 2-0 win against Arminia Bielefeld.

“The decisive factor was that the guys went into the game and didn't think about the Schalke series and worked through everything,” Streich praised the entire team.

“We have not allowed anything.

That's why it's a deserved victory, but not as clear as it looks now. ”At WDR2, Streich said he suffered with Schalke.

Mistakes have been made by people who have "long" been gone.

And those who are here now would have to pay for it all.

You just feel sorry for that.

While Freiburg have left the danger zone for the time being after the second win in a row and a total of four games without defeat, Schalke will spend the holidays far below in the table.

Coach Baum had asked for seven points before the last three games before Christmas.

After the unfortunate 2-2 at FC Augsburg, victories against SC Freiburg and Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday were mandatory.

But the project already failed against the Breisgauer.

The guests appeared more mature without having to shine.

Schalke had problems taking the game in hand.

There was nothing to be seen of the good approaches from the Augsburg game.

Even the midfielder Amine Harit, who was pardoned after a two-week pause, did not bring the hoped-for impulses.

Only Suat Serdar was agile in the royal blue offensive.

There is perplexity.

Schalke Omar Mascarell said: “I don't know what to say.

It's tough for us.

0: 2 lost, that's a shame. "