FC Schalke 04 went down 6-0 at FC Bayern on Saturday afternoon. A bitter setback in the fight to stay up for the Gelsenkirchen team, who could fall back into a direct relegation zone on Sunday. S04 sports director Peter Knäbel was still combative after the smack at the leader of the table.
“It’s a setback, it’s also a clear setback, that’s clear,” said the Schalke boss first on the “Sky” microphone after watching the Royal Blues’ non-performance on site in Munich’s Allianz Arena.
However, Knäbel emphasized that the defeat at Bayern didn’t change the starting position in the Bundesliga relegation battle all that much: “It doesn’t change anything about our fighting attitude. We got up again and again,” said the 56-year-old.
FC Schalke 04 challenged in the final sprint against Eintracht and RB Leipzig
FC Schalke conceded their 16th defeat of the current season at the German record champions. The relegation after 2021 can no longer be prevented on their own if VfB Stuttgart should overtake the miners on Sunday afternoon (from 3:30 p.m. against Bayer Leverkusen).
Even in this case, Knäbel still firmly believes in the rescue of his Schalke, as the sports director explained: “I think this season it applies to everyone who is down there: get up more than fall and then stay in the league. “
Last weekend, the Ruhr area club managed to jump to 15th place in the table for the first time in months with the last-minute win at Mainz 05 (3:2), which would mean safe relegation at the end of the season.
On the last two matchdays, FC Schalke 04 still have to play Eintracht Frankfurt at home (May 20) and away at RB Leipzig (May 27).