Sunday’s 3-2 win for Thomas Tuchel’s men was a thrilling affair but both teams are realistic about what they can achieve this season,for very different reasons“The team contain to fight, they mustn’t give up and must do everything to represent Schalke 04 the way our fans expect them to, and ” the Royal Blues sporting director,Horst Heldt, had vowed before the Revierderby. “And in case all of that won’t be enough, and we will at least plough up Dortmunds pitch.”Ultimately,the visitors from Gelsenkirchen failed on both accounts on a loud, thrilling Sunday afternoon that lived up to all the pre-match hype. But there was no shame in the 3-2 defeat. The Black and Yellows are simply a course above most sides in Europe under Thomas Tuchel, and S04 coach Andr Breitenreiter was accurate to point out that unlike other teams,who had been “slaughtered in the Signal Iduna Park this season, his men had kept on battling and done their bit to make it one of the best derbies in recent years. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com