FC Schalke 04 wants to jump to a non-relegation zone for the first time in the second half of the Bundesliga season on Friday evening. In the event of a win at 1. FSV Mainz (from 8:30 p.m.) there is even a temporary jump to 14th place. Before the away game, S04 are worried about their defender Moritz Jenz.
The central defender was already absent last weekend when his Schalke team-mates smashed into a last-minute win against Werder Bremen (2-1). Marcin Kaminski was in the starting eleven for Jenz, who formed the center of defense with Maya Yoshida.
Whether the muscular problems of loan player Jenz will have completely subsided by Friday evening is still the big question for Royal Blue this week of training. Tendency on Tuesday afternoon: Operation extremely questionable.
While injured or battered S04 players such as Tim Skarke or Cedric Brunner recently took part in team training again, the 24-year-old was absent on Tuesday. When the team was active on the training ground as usual under the guidance of head coach Thomas Reis, Moritz Jenz stayed away from the pitch for individual training.
Jenz has been on the ball ten times for FC Schalke in the Bundesliga
Schalke’s licensed player manager Gerald Asamoah told the “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” about the current status of the central defender: “We have to look at it from day to day, it’s just a muscle injury. That’s why we prefer to leave him inside.”
It is not yet clear whether it will be enough by Friday evening.
The fact is that FC Schalke, with loan player Jenz, was usually very stable in the back. In the ten Bundesliga appearances for the Knappen, the 1.90 m tall giant kept five clean sheets.
Jenz is on loan from FC Lorient to FC Schalke until the summer. In the event of relegation, he would certainly switch to the Ruhr area for around four million euros.