“Such stupid statements”
Schalke legends attack Baumgartl
September 26, 2023, 5:25 p.m
Chaos and bad air at FC Schalke 04: Things are not going well at all in terms of sport at the Revierklub, coach Thomas Reis and his team are arguing with each other. Two royal blue club icons are now sounding the alarm – and not saying a good word to troublemaker Timo Baumgartl.
16th place in the table, seven points after seven games, a goal difference of -3: nerves are on edge in Gelsenkirchen. After the bitter 3-1 defeat at FC St. Pauli – the fourth defeat in the seventh game – the situation at FC Schalke 04 escalated when new defensive signing Timo Baumgartl openly criticized the coach’s tactics in a Sky interview after the final whistle .
The next day, the 27-year-old was sanctioned within the club: Baumgartl was fined and ordered to take a “break for thought” in the coming week of training, which he will spend in the second team. So it’s no wonder that there is currently a thick atmosphere around the Veltins Arena. Relegation place in the 2nd Bundesliga and the growing unrest in the area are certainly not good conditions for the resurgence project.
“Be very calm”
The two S04 icons Klaus Fischer (the striker had his heyday at Schalke in the 1970s, scored 226 goals and became cup winners and runners-up) and Rüdiger Abramczik (the cross god from the coal pot) also know this Legends Talk” put their fingers in the wound. They didn’t leave any good hair on Baumgartl in particular.
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“Some players don’t understand at all what Reis is trying to tell them. They should all sit down together before they criticize in the newspaper or on television. If someone is taken off in the 85th minute, they pull a face and march past the bench “He should think about it and not make such stupid statements,” Abramczik rumbled.
Fischer added: “If I deliver outstanding performance, I can say – internally – ‘That’s not how it works’. But if I don’t perform myself, then I have to be very calm.” The club now has to “solve the problem quickly” as the game against neighbors Paderborn is already just around the corner (Friday, 6.30 p.m./Sky and in the live ticker on ntv.de)the 73-year-old clarified.