Vogelwilde final phase in the cup
Schalke turns heated fight after an early mistake
08/11/2023 10:52 p.m
Schalke 04 is gradually gaining momentum. Six days after the first win in the league, coach Thomas Reis’ team also wins the second division duel in the first round of the DFB Cup at Eintracht Braunschweig. The game doesn’t start well at all.
FC Schalke 04 averted an early end in the DFB Cup and reached the second round. At second division competitor Eintracht Braunschweig, the Gelsenkirchen came back after a deficit and defeated the Lower Saxony in a lackluster game 3:1 (2:1). S04 made the false start of Eintracht perfect, which had previously suffered two defeats in the league under new coach Jens Härtel.
Kenan Karaman (19′) equalized Anthony Ujah’s opening goal (12′) and Paul Seguin (42′) turned the game around in favor of the guests. Danny Latza (90+4) made the decision late. In added time, first Eintracht player Sebastian Griesbeck and then Schalke’s Lino Tempelmann received the yellow-red card. “We shot three, Braunschweig did one. That was the difference. It only counts that we are one lap further,” said Schalke goalkeeper Marius Müller on Sky.
Braunschweig started with more pressure than the guests. Schalke’s Kenan Karaman answered the opening goal by Ujah, who flicked the ball over the goalkeeper after a bad back pass from Timo Baumgartl, with a free kick from close range. Seguin rewarded the increasingly strong guests in the first half with a powerful shot into the goal.
Both teams struggled in the second half and made many mistakes. Small fouls and taunts caused interruptions. The S04 victory remained unchallenged in the second round because the Braunschweig team acted too harmlessly. Karaman (87th) initially missed the decision before the game ended in an event. Schalke had last failed nine years ago at Dynamo Dresden (1: 2) in the first round.