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After a player revolt against coach Christian Gross at the beginning of the week, the nerves of the bottom of the table are finally blank.
Three stars apparently complained to the sports management about the Swiss.
Nevertheless, Gross put two of the three rebels in Stuttgart in the starting line-up.
As the "Bild" reports, Sead Kolasinac, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Shkodran Mustafi sought a conversation with the sporting leadership around sports director Jochen Schneider, team manager Sascha Riether and Co. after the 0: 4 in the derby against Dortmund.
The association denied this in a message.
Team manager Riether, who answered the reporter's questions on the microphone at Sky before the game in Stuttgart, did not support the statements of the club announcement.
“Basically, players come to me, that's my job.” Coach Gross did not deny the process either.
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Otherwise, ex-professional Riether remained vague, was clearly trying not to let the situation escalate further: “There was no revolution at all.
It is important for us that we have players in the squad who try to tackle, they don't care about Schalke, that has nothing to do with the coach.
It is normal for players to have a need to talk to. "
Christian Gross is still without a win as Schalke coach
Source: dpa / Sebastian Gollnow
As a team manager, Riether is not the first decision-maker in the club.
When asked by the persistent interviewer Michael Leopold whether Gross would remain a coach until the end of the season, Riether pointed out that this was a decision by the board of directors.
Sports director Jochen Schneider, who will be leaving Schalke in the summer, was not available for interviews before kick-off.
Riether takes Gross in protection
Gross, however, turned out.
He said that no one on the team approached him directly.
“I have learned that openness and directness are the best means to be successful, especially in competitive sport,” says Gross.
When the reporter asked whether the trainer missed this, Gross replied: "Very clearly." And then added: "If that's the way it was."
Riether, on the other hand, took Gross under his protection - and made the players responsible: “The coach works very meticulously, he talked a lot with the players in the hotel today.
It's not an easy situation for him, he tries to do the best he can.
That is why the team is now challenged.
It is important to show on the pitch that everyone does their job, the discussion about the coach or sports director doesn't matter. "
Sascha Riether (l) appeared for the interview before the game - sports director Jochen Schneider did not
Source: AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE