Although FC Schalke 04 has already left the DFB Cup in the quarter-finals, the S04 is the big winner of the semi-final draw.
- The favorite roles are clearly distributed after the draw for the DFB Cup semi-finals.
- From Schalke 04's perspective, Losfee Almuth Schult did everything right.
- The S04 could get another chance to achieve an important goal.
Gelsenkirchen - Most Schalke fans probably only knew the name Almuth Schult (29) from hearsay. However, since Sunday evening (March 8), the soccer goalkeeper and future ARD expert should have won over one or two fans from the royal blue following, reports RUHR24.de *.
FC Schalke 04 benefits from the draw for the DFB Cup semi-finals
Because "Alma" acted as a lottery fee in the draw for the DFB Cup semi-final . Although FC Schalke 04 without Amine Harit (22) had to cut sail in the quarter-final against Bayern (0: 1) * in the cup, the "squires" emerge as the secret winner of the draw .
Although the trophy - five euros in the phrase pig - has its own laws, the favorite roles before the semi-finals between FC Bayern and Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Saarbrücken against Bayer Leverkusen are clearly among the teams from Munich and Leverkusen. This is good news for the S04 .
S04 could qualify for Europe in seventh place thanks to FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen
Because Bayern and Bayer are currently very strong and are accordingly well placed in the table in first and fourth place. Nine match days before the end of the season, there is some reason to believe that both teams will qualify for international competition through the league.
If they face each other in the cup final in Berlin on May 23, a special arrangement would make seventh place in the table synonymous with participating in the qualification for the Europa League . Schalke 04, who will have to drag across the finish line due to injury, should still dream of Europe even if one of the last stumbling pursuers still passes the S04.
FC Schalke 04 relies on international competition
Schalke does not threaten to buy out if they miss the Europa League *, but Marketing and Communications Director Alexander Jobst (46) has made it clear more than once in the past how important it is to regularly achieve international competition in view of the ever increasing economic demands on the S04 is.
"Our sponsors and partners claim to see Schalke play European. That is and remains our goal," explained Alexander Jobst in an interview with Funke Sport (paid article) at the beginning of the year.
Video: Bayern with work victory on Schalke - Nübel degraded
Schalke 04 still has it in their own hands to qualify for the group stage of the Europa League in sixth place and to avoid the strenuous detour through the qualification rounds. However, on the 26th matchday the revier derby between Borussia Dortmund and the S04 - possibly a ghost game * due to the corona virus - is coming up.
Given the current injury concerns of the S04 , the away game at BVB is a real Herculean task. In the recent past, like the 4-2 in the previous season, royal blue has benefited not least from the "emotional component" of a derby. If the ranks actually remain empty and there is a purely sporty and tactical showdown in the Signal Iduna Park, the sixth place in the table is in serious danger.
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* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
