Schalke lose to Atletico Mineiro

Bundesliga club Schalke 04 suffered a clear defeat in a friendly in the debut of their winter signing Alessandro Schöpf. At the end of their training camp in Florida, the Royal Blues lost 3-0 (1-0) to the Brazilian first division club Atletico Mineiro on Wednesday. Earlier, Schalke had defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-0. “Apart from the goal we conceded, we hardly allowed anything before the break. We, on the other hand, had some good chances. Overall, I expect that we will defend ourselves even more,” said coach Andre Breitenreiter. Johannes Geis missed a hand penalty when the score was 0:1 (79th).