Bundesliga

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Baum updates on personnel and approach to #S04B04

There are several injury doubts at FC Schalke 04 ahead of Sunday’s home game against Bayer Leverkusen. Nevertheless, Manuel Baum is optimistic about the game. "I try to push anything I can’t influence to the back of my mind. I spend a lot more time thinking about how to make up for these absences," said the Royal Blues’ head coach.

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Benito Raman: Time to do it in matches

Benito Raman took a knock to his knee in the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach and had to be taken off in the 63rd minute, but the Belgian has since been given the all-clear. “I don’t have any issues – I’m ready to play,” says the attacker as he looks ahead to Sunday’s clash with Bayer Leverkusen.

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Matthew Hoppe: Everyone helped to support and encourage me

Despite the disappointing result in Mönchengladbach on Saturday evening, the match will probably live in the minds of two players for a long time into the future. One of these is Matthew Hoppe, who made his Bundesliga debut as he was included in the starting XI.

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Manuel Baum: Efforts not rewarded at the moment

Head coach Manuel Baum, as well as forwards Steven Skrzybski and Mark Uth react to Saturday's 4-1 defeat in Mönchengladbach.

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S04 beaten 4-1 in Mönchengladbach

FC Schalke 04 suffered 4-1 defeat on Saturday (28.11) evening at the hands of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Mark Uth had levelled following Florian Neuhaus' opener, but Oscar Wendt, Marcus Thuram and Hannes Wolf put the hosts out of sight.

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Manuel Baum: The well-being of the club comes first

Head coach Manuel Baum has made several personnel decisions regarding first-team players ahead of Saturday’s game away at Borussia Mönchengladbach (28/11, 18:30 CET). With an eye on the upcoming matches, Baum stated that the well-being of the club and the team’s mentality are more important than any individual.

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Manuel Baum: We had no control in the first 25 minutes

Head coach Manual Baum and Wolfsburg’s head coach Oliver Glasner spoke to the media after the Wolves won 2-0 in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday (21/11). Suat Serdar also looked back on the 90 minutes.

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Royal Blues lose 2-0 against Wolfsburg

FC Schalke 04 lost 2-0 at home to VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday (21/11). Wout Weghorst and Xaver Schlager scored the goals for the visitors.

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Naldo: I know what each individual is capable of

Naldo played a total of 163 competitive games for VfL Wolfsburg between 2012 and 2016, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2015. “I had a great time with the Wolves. I look back on it fondly,” says the Brazilian, who still stays in contact with his old teammates like Marcel Schäfer, who is now sporting director at the club, Josuha Guilavogui and Maximilian Arnold. The friendships will have to be put on hold on Saturday (21/11) though, says Schalke’s assistant coach.

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Manuel Baum pleased to see Suat Serdar return

The international break has come to a close and FC Schalke 04 now face their final block of Bundesliga fixtures before the end of the year. Suat Serdar returns as an option for Saturday’s home game against VfL Wolfsburg (21/11, 15:30 CET) after being missed, out with injury, in recent weeks. “Suat is an extraordinary player – you see that every day in training,” says head coach Manuel Baum.

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Steven Skrzybski: Finally get our rewards

After assisting the second equaliser in the 2-2 draw against Mainz, Steven Skrzybski now has three assists in last two games, having set up two goals in the DFB-Pokal win over Schweinfurt. “I’m pleased that I could help the team,” said the attacker, who is hoping to start on Saturday against Wolfsburg.

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Matchdays 13, 14 and 15 scheduled

The DFL announced the latest timings for matchdays 13-15 on Friday afternoon (13/11). FC Schalke 04’s last game before Christmas is on a Saturday at 15:30, while the opening game of 2021 is at prime time.