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Dimitrios Grammozis: The lads were desperate for this point

The Royal Blues ended 2021 with a 1-1 draw away to Hamburger SV on Saturday (18/12). Dimitrios Grammozis and Victor Pálsson were proud of the team’s performance, which was worthy of all three points.

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Schalke fight back to earn an important point at HSV

FC Schalke 04 rescued a point late on away to Hamburger SV on Saturday night (18/12) thanks to a Ko Itakura goal (87’). Robert Glatzel had headed HSV in front after less than two minutes in the final game of the year.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: Take the momentum from the Nürnberg game

FC Schalke 04’s final game of 2021 is away to Hamburger SV on Saturday night (18/12, 20:30 CET). Head coach Dimitrios Grammozis will be back after missing the last two matches due his Covid-19 infection.

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Matchdays 22-27 scheduled

The DFL announced the dates and times for matchdays 22 to 27 on Friday (17/12). FC Schalke 04 will play once on a Friday, three times on a Saturday and twice on Sundays during this period.

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Darko Churlinov: A tough time comes to an end

Darko Churlinov was in a high spirits after Schalke’s 4-1 win against 1. FC Nürnberg, even joking around with the press afterwards. “Fantastic,” was his reply when asked how he rated his own performance against FCN on Friday evening (10/12). “The whole team deserved to win this game, not just me. No one can win games on their own,” he said. “When the team plays well, then so do I.”

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Rouven Schröder: Darko enjoyed himself and he's really hard to defend in 1v1 situations

Following Friday’s 4-1 win over 1. FC Nürnberg, Sven Piepenbrock, FCN head coach Robert Klauß, Marvin Pieringer and S04 sporting director Rouven Schröder all spoke to the media.

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Schalke defeat Nürnberg 4-1 at home

FC Schalke 04 beat 1. FC Nürnberg 4-1 at home on Friday evening (10/12). Thomas Ouwejan, Darko Churlinov and Ko Itakura scored for S04, with Manuel Schäffler also heading in an own goal. The visitors had actually equalised early on in the second half through Fabian Nürnberger.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: Darko Churlinov is an option in attack

The Royal Blues are looking for a win against 1. FC Nürnberg in their final home game of 2021 and the final game of the first half of the season when the two sides meet at the VELTINS-Arena on Friday (18:30 CET). Just as they did last Saturday for the away match at FC St. Pauli, S04 will be without head coach Dimitrios Grammozis on the touchline, but he did virtually participate in a pre-match presser and he faced questions from the media.

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Rodrigo Zalazar with another goal but no cause for celebration

An assist in Bremen, a goal against Sandhausen and now a goal on Saturday (04/12) against his former club, FC St. Pauli – Rodrigo Zalazar has been involved in a goal in each of his last three games. The number 10 had nothing to celebrate, however. “I’m disappointed that we couldn’t take anything back to Gelsenkirchen with us,” said the midfielder.

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Sven Piepenbrock: That would have been a great story

With both head coaches absent due to Covid-19 infections, the respective assistants took charge of the game between Schalke and FC St. Pauli on Saturday (4/12). S04’s Sven Piepenbrock and Pauli’s Loïc Favé reflected on the 90 minutes after the game. Martin Fraisl also gave his thoughts to the media.

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Schalke narrowly beaten 2-1 at FC St. Pauli

FC Schalke 04 lost 2-1 on Saturday evening (4/12) away to league leaders FC St. Pauli. Former S04 man, Guido Burgstaller, bagged two goals in the first half to secure their eighth win from eight home games this season. Rodrigo Zalazar pulled one back with a header with a quarter of an hour to play.

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Sven Piepenbrock steps in for Dimitrios Grammozis for Saturday night crunch match

FC St. Pauli and FC Schalke 04 face off on Saturday (20:30 CET), but both will be without their head coaches on the touchline. Dimitrios Grammozis and St. Pauli head coach Timo Schultz have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently isolating at home. This means that assistant coach Sven Piepenbrock will take charge of the team on the Royal Blues’ touchline supported by coach Mike Büskens.

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