Schalke 04 had to accept the next bankruptcy in the 2nd Bundesliga. Against Darmstadt 98, the narrow conceded a 0: 2 (0: 2) away defeat, Schalke-Schreck ISAC Lidberg achieved an early double pack. Already in the first leg (5: 3) the Darmstadt striker had struck a triple pack in a wild game.
Lidberg (3rd/5th) initiated the defeat, the team of coach Kees van Wonderen then hardly found any answers. After the yellow-red card against Max Grüger (76th, repeated foul game), Schalke also acted outnumbered. Due to the bankruptcy, the Schalke step on the spot, but are still in front of relegation square 16. Darmstadt got air after four defeats through the first victory of the year and pulled past Schalke.
In the absence of the 24-goal storm Kenan Karaman (illness) and Moussa Sylla (muscle fiber tear), Schalke caught a horror start. Lidberg prevailed slightly over the left side and balanced the ball into the long corner. Shortly afterwards, the Swede escaped the Schalke back team and lifted 127 seconds after the tour over keeper Justin Heekeren to 2-0. Fraser Hornby (21st) narrowly missed the third goal on his post shot.
Schalke clearly increased in the second round, but created little chance of possession of the ball. Instead, Darmstadt’s Aleksandar Vukotic (63.) headed a few centimeters.