S04 knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in extra time

Three changes to the starting XI

Karel Geraerts made three changes to his side from the win over Hannover 96. Lino Tempelmann, who scored at the weekend, was suspended for the trip to Hamburg following his red card in the first round at Eintracht Braunschweig. His place in the side was taken by Danny Latza. Ibrahima Cissé replaced Tomas Kalas on the right of the back three.

The third change saw Simon Terodde come in for Dominick Drexler, who, like Assan Ouédraogo, wasn’t part of the squad (precautionary measures). The Schalke captain therefore partnered Bryan Lasme up front, with Kenan Karaman dropping back to a deeper role.

Kaminski heads home, strong save from Fährmann

The home team knocked the ball about nicely early on, but couldn’t make use of their possession as Schalke’s defence remained compact and tough to break down.

S04 themselves took until the 16th minute to show any signs of life, however it led to the opening goal. Tobias Mohr’s free-kick was headed in by Marcin Kaminski to make it 1-0 for the away side. Two minutes later, Bryan Lasme burst into the box and looked to pick out Kenan Karaman, but defender Eric Smith got there in time to clear for a corner.

St. Pauli’s first shot came in the 28th minute after Marcel Hartel played a pass into the path of teammate Elias Saad. He couldn’t get his left-footed effort on target. Ralf Fährmann was called into action for the first time nine minutes after that, easily gathering a deflected attempt from Saad (37’).

Schalke’s goalkeeper was again required shortly afterwards and this time it was a tricky one for him. Hartel’s cross was headed towards goal by Simon Zoller from just a few yards out, with Fährmann’s strong hand denying Pauli an equaliser (41’). The final notable moment of the first half came when Bryan Lasme won a free-kick from a decent position. Tobias Mohr’s strike was saved by Sascha Burchert in between the sticks (43’).

Hartel converts a penalty

The 2. Bundesliga leaders had the first chance of the second half. Substitute Connor Metcalfe received the ball from a Simon Zoller header on the edge of the box and fired a shot towards goal on his left foot. Ralf Fährmann reacted well to tip it over the bar (48’). Four minutes later, Sebastian Polter produced a nice turn in the box, however Eric Smith threw himself in the way of his shot.

FC St. Pauli levelled the game in the 57th minute after referee Bastian Dankert pointed to the spot for a handball by Derry John Murkin. Marcel Hartel stepped up and sent Ralf Fährmann the wrong way for 1-1.

The home team continued to put the pressure on S04 after their equaliser and Schalke’s defenders had to be on their toes throughout the half. After a number of corners that failed to come to anything, Johannes Eggestein’s shot on the spin forced Ralf Fährmann to dive low to his left to make a decent save (73’).

Niklas Tauer, who came on for Danny Latza during the second half, had Schalke’s first noteworthy shot after the break in the 82nd minute, missing the target from distance by a few yards. At the other end, Marcel Hartel’s acrobatic attempt was too weak to trouble Fährmann (87’). The final opportunity before the game went to extra time was a header by Etienne Amenyido (89’), however that went wide and the two teams would have to play another 30 minutes.

Eggestein wins it in extra time

There was little action in either box for first stages of extra time. That was, however, until the 102nd minute. Marcel Hartel’s free-kick to the back post was met by Johannes Eggestein, and he headed it into the far corner, leaving Fährmann with no chance.

The hosts could have scored again in the second half of extra time too. Amenyido’s header tested out Fährmann (107’), then Hartel curled one just past the post (109’). Schalke failed to trouble Sascha Burchert again, with their best attack coming in time added on. Sebastian Polter nodded a cross wide and that was the final opportunity for the Royal Blues in this season’s DFB-Pokal.

Nürnberg up next

FC Schalke 04’s busy week ends with another away game. Karel Geraerts’ team will visit 1. FC Nürnberg on Saturday (4/11). Kick off at the Max-Morlock-Stadion will be at 13:00 CET.