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They got three points from the last ten games.
The defensive is the worst the Bundesliga has seen in the past 34 years, and in all of history there has been only one team with Tasmania Berlin 1966 that took an even worse beating than Schalke 04 this season.
25 games, one win, 16:66 goals, ten points, 18th place in the table.
You have to bear this in mind if you want to understand the peculiarity of the analysis that the Gelsenkirchen team carried out after the defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.
In any case, it did not sound as if the situation was particularly tricky in which the club is after the 0: 5 at the Lower Saxony.
The next slap: Schalke coach Dimitrios Grammozis and Benjamin Stambouli leave the field in Wolfsburg
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"We still have enough points to get," reminded Timo Becker.
"I thought that we were good at the game in the first half and gave VfL few opportunities," added coach Dimitrios Grammozis.
It is difficult to keep a 0-1 after conceding a goal against Wofsburg.
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Words that made Uli Potofski abandon journalistic neutrality and objectivity.
In a conversation with the trainer, the reporter had already rudely classified that the Schalke team had "got in the face".
But now it was getting too colorful for him.
“As a reporter, I'm actually not allowed to say that at all.
But I am a native of Schalke, come from this part of the city and know what it means to lose and win, "said Potofski:" And what I missed from up there was the last unconditional, this standing up, opposing it. "
It was a bizarre interview in which the experienced journalist on the Sky microphone delivered the words that most Schalke fans had expected from their coach after the recent debacle.
But whoever thought that Potofski had set the final point with his emotionality was wrong.
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Back at the Munich studio, Sky expert Didi Hamann took a deep breath and started a slap.
"What these players allow themselves is a disgrace for the club," said the ex-professional known for his clear and direct analyzes.
Expert on national and international football.
Didi Hamann has made a name for himself as a TV expert at Sky
Source: pa / press picture / ULMER
Hamann's Schalke slap in the wording
Then he added: “What these players allow themselves to mess up the club like that.
This is an association that identifies and comes from the Maloche.
From struggle, from solidarity, from being for one another.
That is what Schalke 04 stands for, that is what mining stands for, the collieries for which they are known.
And when I see that the players are walking around ... ", Hamann scolded, broke off just to take another attempt:" And now I hear you have shown a reaction.
It was 4-0 after 64 minutes.
Of course, the self-confidence is not great at the moment.
Only the Schalke have no pressure.
They can only surprise positively, because nobody expects them to win a game anyway, but get three, four or five.
And they get it every week. "
For Hamann, the many goals conceded are an indication of the big Schalke problem: “They get an average of two and a half goals.
The easiest thing in football is to defend.
You don't need a lot of skill.
You need cohesion there.
You need will.
And they can't even do that.
I feel sorry for the Schalke fans.
I have to say quite honestly: What this team allows is lacking in character and actually not worthy of Schalke 04.
Christian Groß had to leave because some players complained that he was unable to get them out of there.
The players who suffer from excessive self-confidence.
They think they are better than they are.
When I see a Mustafi who comes and played a role in the change of coach.
Who is involved in every goal again today.
This is a player who hasn't played in Arsenal for a year.
These players were brought in as saviors, and now you can see why they haven't played for a year.
What this team delivers is a cheek. "
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Source: dpa / Swen gatekeeper