Bayer Leverkusen Schalke with a lucky draw against the Notelf FC 04 on course for the Champions League. The werkself came to the conclusion of the 31. Game day to a 1:1 (0:0) the precinct club, and in doing so made the longest Winless series of Royal blue in the history of the Bundesliga perfectly. Captain Daniel Caligiuri brought Schalke with a contested hand, with a penalty in the 51. Minute on Sunday evening in the lead. An own goal by Schalke’s Juan Miranda after a shot from substitute Paulinho (81.) helped the Leverkusenern to jump on tables-place. The werkself have now a point ahead of rivals Mönchengladbach.
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Schalke is now 13 games in a row without a win and has exceeded the negative record from the season 1993/1994, when the team between the 3. and 14. Round remained under the coaches Helmut Schulte and Jörg Berger twelve Times unsuccessfully.
Without ten injured players, including Benito Raman (back problems) had to be Schalke’s coach, David Wagner to get along. So under-19 captain Can bozdo?an out of the forge was allowed to give his Bundesliga debut and did his job in the left midfield, very neat. Even the youngest Schalke sold starting lineup for the past three years, thanks to the last missing high willingness to run surprisingly well against the big favorites.
Although Leverkusen had, as expected, more than twice as much possession of the ball, but despite the return of national player Kai Havertz of the Team rarely dangerous. The better chances the hosts had. Already in the 2. A Minute after his yellow used Weston McKennie Bayer lock again in Berlin goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky examined with a distance shot that the Finn was to the front of the bounce. Ahmed Kutucu to set in, but the Ball also next to the gate. Also with a shot from Caligiuri (27.) Hradecky had trouble.
The last strong confident Bayer Team seemed strangely uninspired and a little single-minded. More than a corner steered his head to the ball to Luke Alario (22.) and due to Offside, rightly, not given goal of the Argentine’s free-kick Nadiem Amiri (40.) not brought away for five Games untouched werkself up to the break.
The hosts rewarded themselves shortly after the exchange with the providential leadership. As Bayer’s defensive player Edmond Tapsoba touched the Ball in the fray with the Hand, looked at the Berlin-based referee Daniel Siebert, the scene on the Video again and signaled for a penalty kick. Caligiuri turned safely, and Bayer respond with increased attack efforts. But Schalke’s goalkeeper Alexander Nübel saved his Team on several occasions in the closing stages from the tie – up, he was powerless.
