FC Schalke 04: Coach question still open

Interim coach Matthias Kreutzer from Bundesliga bottom Schalke 04 will most likely also lead the training session on Monday morning after the bitter 1: 2 (0: 0) at Hertha BSC.

“I’m very much assuming Matthias Kreutzer,” said sporting director Rouven Schröder after the sixth competitive defeat in a row. The new head coach of the Royal Blues should be presented in the next few days.

“We have an important week ahead of us,” said Schröder: “It’s now the club’s turn to make the right decision. Then we all have to stand behind it.”

It’s “about Schalke,” warned Schröder, who saw an improved Schalke team in Berlin. “We saw that the boys believe in it and work to score.” Assistant coach Kreutzer “did a great job over the past few days. We performed very differently. It was a significantly better performance, we are absolutely competitive.”

At the moment, however, “if we make a mistake, the ball is usually in there,” Schröder complained. Goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow, on loan from Hertha to Schalke, slipped the ball through Lucas Tousart (49th) when it was 0-1. Florent Mollet (85′) equalized just before the end before Wilfried Kanga (88′) shot the Berliners to victory.