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Rabbi Matondo: I want to learn new things everyday

Rabbi Matondo has been a Royal Blue for two weeks now. He already made some good impressions during his first few days at his new club. “I enjoy every single minute, every training session,” said the Wales international, who had been training with the youth team at Man City and regularly under Pep Guardiola in the first team.

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Bastian Oczipka: Clear goal but tough opponent

The 3-1 defeat is still on the mind of Bastian Oczipka. Nevertheless, he wants to move forward. “We have to learn from the game,” said the 30-year-old in an interview with Schalke TV. “We only have ourselves to blame for the defeat. Their goals came from our mistakes.” These errors will have to be avoided on Saturday (16/02/19) when Schalke 04 take on SC Freiburg.

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Unnecessary mistakes and no luck cost us

Schalke lost 3-1 away at Bayern Munich on Saturday evening. The record-champions deserved to win the game, but the Royal Blues will feel that there was an opportunity to take something from the game.

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Bastian Oczipka: Painful and disappointing

Head coach Domenico Tedesco felt that the 3-1 defeat to Bayern on Saturday (9/2) was deserved. Daniel Caligiuri and Bastian Oczipka were frustrated with the individual errors that led to goals. Schalke04.de has summarised the post-match reactions.

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Royal Blues lose 3-1 at Bayern

FC Schalke 04 lost 3-1 away to FC Bayern München on Saturday (9/2). Bayern’s goals were scored by Jeffrey Bruma (OG), Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry. Ahmed Kutucu scored what was an equaliser for Schalke in the first half.

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Domenico Tedesco: We are really up for the game!

After the 4-1 home win in the DFB-Pokal last 16 against Fortuna Düsseldorf, the Royal Blues will travel to Munich with some new-found belief ahead of Saturday’s game (09/02, 18:30 CET). Head coach Domenico Tedesco knows how difficult the game will be, but believes there will be chances for his team to take something back with them from Bavaria.

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Setback but not a step back

Schalke 04’s small unbeaten run of three games came to an end on Saturday as they lost 0-2 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, once the initial disappointment passed, the team realised that this setback was not necessarily a step back.

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Daniel Caligiuri: The red card was the turning point

All four interviewees agreed that the red card was the key moment in the match, although some felt that the situation was slightly controversial. Both head coaches agreed that Gladbach still deserved the victory though. Daniel Caligiuri and Mark Uth also gave their opinions to schalke04.de.

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Ten men lose 2-0 at home to Mönchengladbach

FC Schalke 04 have suffered their first defeat of 2019. S04 lost 2-0 at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday evening (2/2) after going unbeaten for the last three games. The hosts were reduced to ten men in the 59th minute after Alexander Nübel was sent off for a professional foul. Christoph Kramer (85’) and Florian Neuhaus (91’) scored the away goals.

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Domenico Tedesco: We have a great chance of winning the game

The Royal Blues have taken seven points from their last three Bundesliga games. Schalke will be hoping to stretch their unbeaten run on Saturday (02/02, 18:30 CET) against Borussia Mönchengladbach. It won’t be easy though, as the visitors are currently sitting third in the table. Domenico Tedesco is still confident ahead of the game.

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Convincing performance, but not without disappointments

Seldom this season have the Schalke fans’ feelings been toyed with as much as during the 2-2 draw on Friday (25.01) with Hertha BSC. Schalke led twice, but both times Hertha had an answer. A good game, but unfortunately three players were lost due to injury. As a result a lot of the reactions from the players is a bit deflated.

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Mark Uth: We have to continue to work hard!

FC Schalke 04 secured a valuable point away from home in a 2-2 draw against Hertha BSC. Royal Blues head coach Domenico Tedesco and goal scorer Mark Uth both believed the visitors had enough chances to win the match. However, both were satisfied with a point from a contested match in Berlin. Here is the post-match reaction.

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