Bundesliga

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Rabbi Matondo: Everyone is desperate to start

Last Saturday was a great day at the office for Rabbi Matondo as the 19-year-old celebrated a 3-1 victory at league leaders RB Leipzig in a game which also saw him score his first Bundesliga goal in his first start this season.

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Guido Burgstaller: Hungry for the ball

David Wagner was quick to talk about his “lactic-acid junkies” after the Leipzig match. The head coach was keen to find out how far his team had run during the game, and for a good reason: the Royal Blues covered a whopping 124.4 km over the course of the 90 minutes – two kilometres more than RB Leipzig. Guido Burgstaller ran 12.74 km - the farthest of anyone on the pitch.

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Rabbi Matondo: An unbelievable feeling

David Wagner was proud of his side after the win in Leipzig, while Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann was frustrated with his team’s poor decision making. Rabbi Matondo was especially happy after scoring his first ever Bundesliga goal. Amine Harit also spoke to schalke04.de after he scored for the third game in a row too.

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Brilliant S04 win 3-1 in Leipzig

FC Schalke 04 defeated the previously unbeaten table-toppers RB Leipzig on Saturday (28/9). Salif Sané (29’), Amine Harit (43’) and Rabbi Matondo scored the goals in the 3-1 win. Emil Forsberg’s late goal only came as a consolation for the hosts.

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David Wagner: The moments a coach loves

FC Schalke 04 have a tricky task ahead of them on Saturday (28/9/19). "RB Leipzig have a lot of quality in their team and they’re a serious candidate for the title this year, so we want to try and compete with them and it starts here,” said head coach David Wagner before the team travel to the league leaders ahead of a 15:30 CEST kick off.

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Matchdays 14-17 now scheduled

The DFL announced the dates and times for the final four matchdays before the winter break on Thursday (26/9). 2019 will end at home against SC Freiburg on a Saturday (15:30 CEST).

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Omar Mascarell: We are top fit

The goalscorers Amine Harit and Suat Serdar stood out in the 2-1 win over Mainz, but one man who was equally important for the three points was Omar Mascarell. The defensive midfielder broke up a number of attacks, was confident on the ball and ran 12.77km on the pitch. The Spanish ran the most out of any players on matchday 5.

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Amine Harit: “The best goal of my career’

Amine Harit made the crowd go wild with his skilful effort on Friday, making it 2-1. “I couldn’t hear myself think when the goal went in; it was so loud,” the match winner said about the atmosphere in the stadium. “It was simply amazing. Both for us as a team, and on a personal note. Three points, a goal and an assist – it was a perfect evening for me.”

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Suat Serdar: Everybody fights for one another

David Wagner felt his side was slightly lucky to pick up a 2-1 win over Mainz after a below-par second-half performance. Mainz coach Sandro Schwarz was frustrated that his team failed to take anything from the game after Amine Harit’s moment of magic. Suat Serdar and Benjamin Stambouli also gave their thoughts after the game.

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S04 win 2-1 against Mainz thanks to Amine Harit’s wonder goal

FC Schalke 04 picked up a 2-1 victory in front of their fans against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Friday night (20/9/19). That’s now the third win in a row for David Wagner’s side. Suat Serdar (36’) and Amine Harit (89’) were the goal scorers in the VELTINS-Arena.

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David Wagner: A competitive struggle of the highest order

Five days after the 5-1 victory over SC Paderborn 07, the next Bundesliga challenge challenge awaits the Royal Blues as they welcome 1. FSV Mainz to the VELTINS-Arena this coming Friday evening. Head coach David Wagner spoke ahead of what will be “a big challenge” that the team are “really excited for.”

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Mark Uth: We played good football as a team

After more than five months out with injury, Mark Uth made his return to competitive first-team action in Schalke’s convincing 5-1 win against Paderborn on Sunday (15/9). Head coach David Wagner started the player, who suffered a groin injury in April, and Uth almost marked his return with a goal.