The 1. FC Kaiserslautern narrowly beat Schalke 04 and thus won the first win of the season.
Due to the 1: 0 (0: 0), the FCK climbed to eleven and is now tied with Schalke, which shares ninth place with Magdeburg. Captain Marlon Ritter achieved the Lauterer winner by penalty (55th).
Born in Lauter Mika Haas, he played his first competitive game in the Fritz-Walter Stadium for the FCK. The atmosphere called it “breathtaking” at Sky.
Big atmosphere, little chances
The atmosphere showed what a major role in the seventh seventh and the table 14. play with the fans of the past second division season. Almost 50,000 people ensured an atmospheric setting on Betzenberg.
The fans of Kaiserslautern let the Betzenberg burn.
The teams fought a competitive game, which in terms of sport initially delivered few highlights. The initial phase belonged to the FCK, Daniel Hanslik had the chance at the end in the 2nd minute from an acute angle – but aimed past the long corner. Schalke got better in the phase before the final whistle, but did not come to a compelling conclusion.
FCK is on track of the penalty after VAR intervention
The attention of the fans was put to the test from the 52nd minute: Lautern’s Mahir Emreli had rustic Schalke’s Soufiane el-Faouzi in the middle of the field. Referee Martin Petersen showed the yellow card – and was then called by the video assistant to the monitor. The decision: penalty for Kaiserslautern.
Because shortly before the foul in midfield, Schalkes Ron Schallenberg had hit Lauterer Hanslik on the leg when trying to clarify. He already expected a penalty whistle after the scene, said Schallenberg after the final whistle and added: “In terms of feeling, it was a 0-0 game for me.” Lautern’s captain Marlon Ritter secured the penalty (55th).
Red card cashes, twelve minutes of added time
Lautern’s Leon Robinson came on in the 81st minute and saw the red card (83.) just a few seconds later: he had fouled Janik Bachmann, but did not hit him as bad as initially. According to the pictures, referee Petersen corrected himself on yellow. Petersen treated fans and players twelve minutes of stoppage time. Faride Alidou appeared freely in front of the Schalke goal in the last seconds, but aimed at it.
This season there have been several lush temporary times. Background: The aim of the DFL is to increase the net season. The “target window” is 60 minutes, as Alex Feuerherdt announced as spokesman for DFB Schiri GmbH. The net season in the past season of the Bundesliga was an average of 57:30 minutes.
Kaiserslautern in Elversberg, Schalke welcomes Bochum to the top game
Kaiserslautern is now playing in the 1st main round of the DFB Cup on Sunday next week (17.08.2025, 3:30 p.m.) in Babelsberg against the Brandenburg Oberligisten RSV Eintracht. Schalke 04 has to go to the Saxon regional league team 1. FC Lok Leipzig at the same time.
In the league, the FCK goes to SV Elversberg in Saarland (Friday, August 23, 2025, 6.30 p.m.). Schalke receives VfL Bochum on Saturdays (24.08.2025, 8.30 p.m.).
Peter Remmert (left) in the duel with and Maxwell Gyamfi