The two defeats at 1860 Munich and Heidenheim are still hanging over Schalke in the new training week. Sporting director Rouven Schröder wants to critically learn the lessons, but keep calm.
The avoidable cup defeat at the third division club and the equally avoidable league slip-up at the Swabian Alb have made critical voices louder again in the Schalke environment, and the discussion quickly turns to fundamental issues over the two setbacks. But Rouven Schröder doesn’t want to let that happen.
“We want to have this greed, that we are not satisfied after such games, without questioning the big picture,” said the sporting director in a media round on Monday. The two games would definitely be critically reviewed, he added: “We have to say clearly internally that it was too little on the day and learn the lessons from that.”
But Schröder doesn’t want to discuss fundamental issues on the basis of two bad games after four victories in a row. “It’s important that we look at problems critically, but keep calm, don’t let ourselves be guided by negative vibes and steer it in the right direction,” he says: “We take the players to task and don’t allow any complacency. We have the antennae out. “
Schröder: “It’s clear that we’re going to lose games sometimes as well.
The 2nd league is not a foregone conclusion for the relegated team: “It’s clear that we’ll lose games sometimes, we have to work hard for everything. And that also includes coming to terms with the worse games: “We’re concerned with why we didn’t score more. Despite the three games in six days, it was possible in Heidenheim to not only draw but also win with a better performance. We have to get that into our heads,” Schröder demands: “We want to stay greedy and collect as many points as possible. The ambition has to be there. The coach has made that clear to the team once again. “
After the wins in Rostock, against Ingolstadt, in Hannover and against Dresden, the starting position in the league has improved: “Now we are in third place with 22 points. Three months ago we would have said that was decent or good. “
