Schalke, who relied on Marius Bülter for the injured Andreas Vindheim, remained harmless for a long time and could once again be happy not to fall behind. After precise preliminary work by Shinta Appelkamp, Khaled Narey missed another good opportunity for the Düsseldorf team (37th).
Then the promotion candidate used his first good opportunity. Blendi Idrizi pushed a sharp cross from Rodrigo Zalazar into the net on the second post, which Simon Terodde had missed in a central position (42′).
Narey ended the series shortly after the break
Less than two minutes had been played in the second half when Fortuna’s time without a goal actually ended. Against the portly Marcin Kamiński, Narey used his body robustly, won the ball and shot in low to equalize.
Another blatant Schalke mistake by Ko Itakura went unpunished shortly afterwards, because Hennings negligently missed the chance free-standing from eleven meters.
Hennings puts Fortuna in the lead
However, Schalke remained weak, and so Hennings had another opportunity from a similar position, which he used this time after a pass from Narey to score his tenth goal of the season (56th).
Both players, who made it into the team after the 1-0 defeat at Holstein Kiel, scored.
The Düssledorf lead was the logical consequence of the course of the game. After an hour, Fortuna recorded more possession and 15:5 degrees.
Open game after Schalke change
Schalke coach Dimitrios Grammozis reacted to the deficit with changes. That’s how newcomer Dong-gyeong Lee made his debut. The game became more open, with both sides now having opportunities. A shot by Thomas Ouwejan brought Gelsenkirchen very close to equalizing (70′), which, to the disappointment of the royal blue fans, didn’t come.
Dusseldorf against Aue, Schalke against Paderborn
Düsseldorf now plays against Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday (02/20/22), Schalke two days earlier against SC Paderborn.
Source: bars