Friday 23 April 2021
Players may refuse to bet
Schalke is threatened with disintegration after the night of violence
The consequences of the relegation night keep FC Schalke 04 busy. The partially pursued and attacked players can decide for themselves whether they want to appear for the club again. Discussions would be held with each player and help would be offered to process the events.
After the aggression from fans on the night of relegation, Schalke sports director Peter Knäbel understands players who do not want to compete for the Gelsenkirchen team again this season. “If someone does not want to play the remaining four games for Schalke, I can live with this position,” quoted the “Bild” newspaper Knäbel. One-on-one interviews would be held with each player. It asks “what got stuck” and offers help. Schalke does not have to play this weekend, as opponents Hertha BSC are in team quarantine due to corona cases.
The relegation of FC Schalke 04 was sealed by a bitter 0: 1 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday evening. The team reached their home arena around 1.30 a.m., from where the players should start their journey home. According to the police, the team was received by 500 to 600 supporters and in some cases confronted with “massive aggression”. Eggs flew, players fled and there are said to have been kicks against professionals. In a video that is circulating on the Internet, scenes of a hunt at the stadium can be seen. The Gelsenkirchen police want to investigate the events with an investigative commission.
Team coordinator Gerald Asamoah makes it clear how threatening the attack by the supporters was: “I’m still not feeling well. I have two images in my head. How an employee lies on the floor and is kicked. And the fear in the eyes of ( Assistant coach and club idol) Mike Büskens, “said Asamoah according to the” Bild “newspaper.
Sports director Knäbel had already spoken the day after the riots. He called it “disastrous when you have to fear for the life and limb of our employees. What staff and players had to experience has nothing to do with our mission statement. You always have the feeling that it can’t get any worse – and then comes.” What.”
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