Gelsenkirchen - The powder keg was not high, the fuse is withdrawn, at least for now: With the narrow victory over FC Schalke has erstmal gives a breathing space. Jermaine Jones saved the Gelsenkirchen with its goals in the first half.
The pressure at the beginning of the game was almost suicidal. Only eighth in the league, training in Europe and DFB Cup - the criticism focused on the athletic managers, manager Andreas Mueller and coach Fred Rutten. One reverse against Cologne - and both would have been difficult to maintain.
And Schalke environment rumbled combat. " Board member Detlef Ernsting had brought on match day in protest against the club policy "not only in sporting terms," his resignation. Ex-manager Rudi Assauer etched before the match in the DSF that in a playful way, the "worst of Schalke last five to seven years is".
Coach Fred Rutten moved powerfully in concrete, had four central defenders on the field. Walls against an upwardly from Cologne - this is a self-proclaimed title contenders but pretty embarrassing. But it has helped.
