Dimmitrios Grammozis can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being. After the first home win of the season, the head coach of Schalke 04 is more relaxed in the upcoming international game day. The previously criticized Grammozis can thank his powerful forwards Marius Bülter and Simon Terodde, who defeated their opponents 3:1 (1:1) in the West Schlager game against Fortuna Düsseldorf.
In a fast-paced second division game, with some creepy defensive errors, Shinta Appelkamp (12th minute) shot Futuna to lead. But under corona conditions, Bult (15th) and Trod (46th) turned around in front of 25,000 spectators in the sold-out arena at Schalke Stadium. Towards the end, Trode even raised the score to 3-1 with his sixth goal of the season, which made Schalke a little happy given the weakness in the second half.
With the redemption victory, the Bundesliga climber jumped up the standings and now scored 7 points in five games after the top three. However, Fortuna and their new coach Christian Preußer were trapped in the table cellar early and only four points were disappointing. Schalke players have been very uneasy after the painful 1:4 in Regensburg, and Schalke players who are insecure cannot take advantage of their lead due to their long and stable fate. Behind at the beginning of the second round, the guests got up late.
Tyrod, the redeemer
In the beginning, both teams noticed the uncertainty of the chaotic start of the season. Tried, but due to obvious coordination problems, Schalke and Futuna started, and the defensive platoon looked terrible. While instructing the guests, the Düsseldorf-born Malick Thiaw failed in the rally, and Hiroshi Itakura was completely wrong in his starting eleven, U21 international Appelkamp (Appelkamp) There is an easy game.
Soon after, a farce in the midfield of Dusseldorf brought Schalke back to the game. Edgar Prib and Christoph Klarer did not agree on what is harmless. Schalke’s striker Trod was the beneficiary. Terodde cleared Bülter, who gave Fortuna goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier no chance.
Since then, both teams have moved forward courageously, but the hosts have a better chance and can only get rewards after substitutions. Likewise, Fortuna’s defense looked terrible in Terodde’s stabbing. Fortuna has only really put pressure on it now, and now has a good opportunity. Most of Schalke goalkeeper Ralph Falman was destroyed. Before the redemption decision was made shortly before the end, Schalke had little news. Correspondingly, 3:1 started and the final whistle sounded.
