Bundesliga: Schalke thrashed in Wolfsburg as Ralf Rangnick links cause confusion
Schalke s miserable season continued on Saturday with another heavy defeat. Ahead of the loss to Wolfsburg, reports that Ralf Rangnick could be set to return as sporting director caused controversy within the club.
Shkodran Mustafi scores an own goal to begin a miserable afternoon for him and Schalke
Wolfsburg 5-0 Schalke, (Mustafi o.g. 31 , Weghorst 51 , Baku 58 , Brekalo 64 , Philipp 79 )
Such is the chaos that has once again engulfed Schalke this weekend that Shkodran Mustafi s miserable afternoon in Wolfsburg will likely slip under the radar.
With half an hour played, the World Cup winning former Arsenal defender inadvertently headed teammate Malick Thiaw s attempted clearance past his own goalkeeper to put Wolfsburg ahead.
Bundesliga: Dimitrios Grammozis Schalke debut reveals stark truth
Dimitrios Grammozis first game as Schalke head coach was not a memorable one. The club s fifth coach of the season has hardly been in the job long, but is already facing the real possiblity of relegation.
Dimitrios Grammozis made his debut as Schalke head coach
Schalke 0-0 Mainz,
Veltins-Arena
Unsurprisingly the game between the two worst teams in the Bundesliga was high on intensity and low on quality. Both sides desperately spent most of the encounter trying to be better than their current form, but were continually reminded of their shortcomings in key moments.
Atletico Madrid stopped the rot, while Lionel Messi again enjoyed himself playing against Sevilla and it has been another turbulent few days at Schalke and in Marseille, two of Europe's crisis clubs.
Wataru Endo scores two and sets up two more as Stuttgart trounces Schalke Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Stuttgart s Wataru Endo celebrates after scoring the team s second goal against Schalke on Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Kyodo Feb 28, 2021
Cologne, Germany – Japan midfielder Wataru Endo opened his Bundesliga account with a brace and had a hand in two more goals on Saturday as Stuttgart hammered relegation-threatened Schalke 5-1 at home.
The 28-year-old, in his second season at the club and first in the country’s top tier, volleyed home the opener in the 10th minute after he was left unmarked at a corner.