Loris Karius becomes a hero in his debut for Schalke 04: He shows a spectacular double parade against Prussia Münster, but is also lucky.
With an outstanding double parade in the final phase, goalkeeper Loris Karius saved FC Schalke 04 1-0 (0-0) victory against Prussia Münster. Only when it was used for the Gelsenkirchener’s first assignment tore his fists in time after a deflected shot, then he resisted the following header. Pape Meissa Ba (86.) scored the goal of the day in a balanced game.
“Of course I’m happy”, said Karius at the sports show microphone. “I am grateful that people gave me their trust here. This is not a matter of course either. I am pleased that I could give you something back.”
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S04 gets air
Schalke celebrated an important victory in the 2nd Bundesliga on Friday evening. After three defeats from the past four games, the worries in Gelsenkirchen had recently grown to be deeper into the relegation battle. Now the distance to relegation place is 16 nine points, on the Prussians seven points.
Münster first started at FC Schalke after 35 years, played for the first time in the nearby arena, built in 2001. Two years ago, the Prussians played in the Regionalliga West in the Park Stadium against Schalke’s second representation. As table-15. the promoted is still just ahead of the relegation place.
Schalke with personnel worries
Schalke had to cope with serious failures, especially on the offensive, in Moussa Sylla (muscle fiber tear) and Kenan Karaman (sick), the two were by far the best scorers. The Schalke went into the game without regular center forward, the offensive players Aymen Barkok, Amin Younes, Christopher Antwi-Adjei and Mehmet Aydin shared the tasks in the center.
Karius displaces Heekeren
There was also a change in the Schalke gate, but here voluntarily. Winter access Karius replaced the not always safe Justin Heekeren as number one. Since 2020, the former tram goalkeeper of FC Liverpool had only been used in changing clubs in seven competitive games.
Despite the lack of a game practice, Karius found the game strong against Münster when he cleared his foot against Joshua Mees, who was completely storming. A gate would have been revealed because of offside, but also so the scene was a signal that Karius could ensure security.
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Otherwise the first half had only a few highlights. Schalke once got dangerously from the distance from Aydin from a distance (22nd), for Münster Mees could have hit the head (41.).
Kirkeskov to the inner post, Karius in luck
After the change, Schalke looked a little braver and was close to the tour in the 63rd minute. Paul Seguin steered an Aydin shot on the outer post. It was even scarce five minutes later on the other side when Prussia’s Mikkel Kirkeskov failed after a Barkok querschläger on the inner post.
Karius was on hand with a fall back from Kinsombi (71.), but was also lucky a minute later. On a flank, he misjudged himself and did not hit the ball with his fist, but two Münsteraners on the head. “Controversial scene”, Karius said and pointed out that he had only easily hit the opponents. “For me this is not a penalty, but I also see that I still have to work on timing.”
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Prussia captain Marc Lorenz clearly saw the happiness on Karius’ side. “He came back into the box and brought a new impulse and we didn’t make it to take advantage of the game practice that he was missing in recent years“, said Lorenz:”I think if we take the lead 1-0 here, we will also win the game.“
Aytekin celebrates comeback
Referee Deniz Aytekin continued to run in the scene, and Var Benjamin Cortus also had no objection. “A very clear goal is not to be seen, but a presumed strip. That was not sufficient for us”, said Aytekin.
The experienced referee headed his first professional game this season, previously he had failed for eight months due to health problems. “It’s a special moment for me to be part of the football family again”, Aytekin said at Sky.
Karius saves victory
When everything looked like a draw, Prussia’s Niko Koulis Schalke Joker Ba köften’s ball in front of his feet. S04 led a catch and a shot in the short corner later. Because Karius then grew beyond himself, the Schalke lead remained. The victory is also a merit of the non -controversial coach Kees van Wonderen after his successful Rochade on the goalkeeper position.
Schalke in Berlin, Münster against Nuremberg
On matchday 25, Schalke will go to Berlin (08.03., 1 p.m.). Münster has the 1st FC Nürnberg as a guest (09.03., 1.30 p.m.).