This Friday, the Schalke 04 received and beat Hertha Berlin by 5-2 in the opening of the 28th round of the German Championship. Tim Skarke, Marcin Kamiński, Marius Bütler – twice – and Simon Terodde scored for the home team while Stevan Jovetić and Marco Richter scored for the visitors.
This match saw the clash between two teams desperate to get out of Z3. Even winning, Schalke remains in the relegation zone, now in 16th place with 24 points. Hertha Berlin, on the other hand, sinks into 18th place, is the bottom of the championship and has only 22 points;
Schalke 04’s next game is against Freiburg, away from home, on April 23, at 10:30 am (Brasília time). Hertha Berlin returns to the field on April 22, against Werder Bremen, at 10:30 am, at home.
The game
Schalke 04 started the game with everything and opened the scoring after just three minutes, with Tim Skarke. The good moment of the home team did not stop and the score was already 2-0 in the 13th minute, after Marius Bütler expanded for the hosts. Even with Schalke’s dominance, Hertha Berlin managed to reduce the difference on the scoreboard in the initial stage’s additions, with Stevan Jovetić.
The hosts, however, did not let the opponent engage and extended once again three minutes into the second half, with Simon Terodde. To improve Schalke’s situation, at 33, Bütler scored once again and increased it to 4-1.
Before the end, Marco Richter dropped to Hertha Berlin for the last time and Marcin Kamiński scored Schalke’s last goal to make it 5-2 on the scoreboard.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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