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1. Schalke is back Schalke ...
Against Galatasaray Schalke 04 won only 46 percent of the duels. That does not sound uncommon at first, but considering the established by coach Domenico Tedesco "Malocher" mentality but surprising. Schalke's defeat Galatasaray 2-0 is only clear at the third glance.
Although Schalke won a total of fewer duels, but was successful in the important zones of the field. The four central defensive players Benjamin Stambouli, Matija Nastasic, Salif Sané and Sebastian Rudy came together on over 77 percent won duels. For comparison: Galatasaray's four central defensive players had a quota of just under 55 percent of won duels. Tedesco's team did not win most direct duels, but the important ones.
In addition Schalke is finally clarified in front of the goal again as in the past season. You just have to look at Guido Burgstaller's goal to make it 1-0, when he took the ball out of the outrunning Fernando Muslera and hit it from a tight angle.
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Mark Uth (number seven)
The 2: 0 witnessed coolness in front of the opponent's goal. Mark Uth was quiet in front of Muslera alone, put the ball on the strong foot and shot the ball thoughtfully in the right corner. Schalke is Schalke again.
2. ... ... and loses against Eintracht Frankfurt
Schalke 04 are unbeaten in five competitive games in a row. In the Champions League, the Gelsenkirchen are heading for the round of 16 - which they have already achieved in the DFB Cup. Then there is the stable defensive: In six of the past nine games they conceded no goals. So is the bad start to the season finally forgotten and Schalke unbeatable for the next time?
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Schalke jubilee grape
No. Already next Sunday, the team of Tedesco could be brought back to the bottom of the facts - by a defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. In good regularity, Schalke robs itself of the fruits of its own work. Schalke have already scored three consecutive wins this season, only to lose 2-0 to Werder Bremen in the league. Even in the runner-up preseason, there were never more than three wins in a row in the first half of the season.
Schalke beckons in a success at Eintracht the jump in the middle third of the standings, but that will probably prevent the team of coach Adi Hütter. With Frankfurt waiting for the team of the hour: After six recent wins from seven games, the self-confidence of Frankfurt is many times greater than that of the Schalke, who like to make condemned only from the track. That Frankfurt is one of the most attacking teams in the Bundesliga in this season, can be interpreted as a bad omen.
3. Klopp has no means against low opponents
Jürgen Klopp is one of the best coaches in the world. Like Liverpool, he led, as well as Borussia Dortmund, in the final of the Champions League. Against well-known opponents there are often big spectacles of the Klopp teams. A weakness in Klopp's system is as obvious as well-known: the game against low-ranking opponents.
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Jürgen Klopp (left)
Klopp's idea of football is to put pressure on the opposing team to win the ball and switch at lightning speed. The problem with that is, what if teams do not move so far out of their midst that Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Co. can overrun them? Then you need alternatives.
In Liverpool, it seemed as if Klopp had found such alternatives. Schien: Because against Red Star Belgrade, who acted with two defensive four-chain, there was a relapse into ancient times. Only four shots on the opposing goal brought Liverpool in Belgrade. This is not worthy of a Champions League finalist.