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Domenico Tedesco expects it to get heated in Stuttgart’s cauldron

After the 1-1 draw against Hannover 96, the Royal Blues face another promoted side in the shape of VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. Schalke are heading to Stuttgart hoping to get their first win of the Rückrunde.

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Max Meyer: "We didn't take our chances on the break."

For a long time it looked as though the Royal Blues would collect their first win of the Rückrunde, only for Hannover to hit back with a late eqauliser. Schalke 04 round up the thoughts of the Royal Blues.

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Domenico Tedesco: "Two points dropped."

Differing opinions among the coaches after the 1-1 draw between Schalke and Hannover. While Domenico Tedesco feels his side wasted their counter attack opportunites, Andre Breitenreiter was very satisfied with his team coming away with a point.

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Pjaca scores on full debut but Schalke held by Hannover

The Royal Blues missed their chance to claim a first win of 2018 on Sunday by conceding a late equaliser to Hannover 96 in the Veltins Arena. January loan signing Marko Pjaca had scored on his full debut for Domenico Tedesco’s side, only for Niclas Füllkrug to poke home a late leveler.

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Domenico Tedesco: Strong team with lethal players

Following last weekend’s defeat in Leipzig, the Royal Blues will be looking to bring home the first win of 2018. Schalke’s first home game of the New Year is against promoted side Hannover 96.

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Max Meyer: We hoped for more

Max Meyer covered a staggering 12.31 kilometres on Saturday; the most distance of all the players on the pitch, and not for the first time this season. However, his efforts were unrewarded as he and his teammates suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Leipzig.

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Team won’t be derailed by defeat

After thirteen games without defeat – eleven of which were in the Bundesliga – the Knappen finally fell short in Leipzig. “It was a fair result”, said Christian Heidel before adding: “But if anyone thought we were going to go unbeaten for the rest of the season, they need a reality check.”

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Naldo: Learn from our mistakes

After the 3-1 loss in Leipzig, Schalke captain Ralf Fährmann and Naldo spoke to the two Knappen and noted their thoughts.

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Domenico Tedesco: Lost the ball too often

After a disappointing defeat in Leipzig, Domenico Tedesco and Ralph Hasenhüttl gave their thoughts on their side's first games of 2018.

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3-1 loss in Leipzig – Defeat to start 2018

After 13 games without defeat, FC Schalke 04’s bubble finally burst in Leipzig this evening. In their first game of 2018, Schalke lost 3-1 to RB Leipzig following goals from Naby Keita, Timo Werner and Bruma, although Naldo equalised with his fourth of the season.

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Domenico Tedesco: Lots of options for Saturday’s XI

Domenico Tedesco was full of praise for his team’s efforts in the short preparation time for the second half of the season. “The lads have been focused are working hard,” says the head coach. “All the lads can barely wait for the league to return.” The Knappen’s opening fixture will see the team face RB Leipzig on Saturday (13th January) at 18:30 CET.

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Marko Pjaca: Part of the team from the get-go

Marko Pjaca couldn’t have started much better at Schalke. The Croatian scored his first goal in Royal Blue minutes after entering the fray in the friendly against KRC Genk. “It was exactly as I’d hoped for," said the beaming 22-year-old who already feels he’s made the right choice after a few days at the club.

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