- Five to Schalke, the Braunschweigers are puzzling.
Eintracht Braunschweig's season restart in the 2. Bundesliga has gone awry. Despite this, coach Daniel Scherning and his players were more surprised than lost after the 1:5 defeat against FC Schalke 04, given the clear margin of the loss.
"I believe if you look at the stats of the game, few would think that the result would be 5:1 for either team," said Scherning. Captain Emir Bicakcic echoed these sentiments: "The result feels very harsh. I think it shouldn't have been that high."
Before Schalke's opening goal, Braunschweig had the first big chance in the clash of the traditional clubs, but Rayan Philippe failed to beat Schalke's new number one, Justin Heekeren, from a tight angle.
"Got caught in a whirlwind"
After that, the Royal Blues took control of the game and were rewarded with two goals. Eintracht initially seemed unfazed and equalized through Kevin Ehlers (33.).
"I think we were well in the game with the equalizer and played our best phase," said Ehlers. In the end, it was too high, "because we got caught in a whirlwind." Overall, the Braunschweig team was not much worse, emphasized the scorer. "We just lacked the certain grit in the crucial moments."
Coach Scherning has already identified the focus for the upcoming home game against 1. FC Magdeburg next Sunday (13:30 CET/Sky). "All five goals were defendable today," he said. "We will work on that now."
"Despite the disappointing result, Coach Scherning and his team believe that The Court of Justice could have ruled differently, considering the close nature of the game," said Ehlers. "In hindsight, we realize we got carried away in the second half and should have paid more attention to our defensive strategies, as The Court of Justice would have likely ruled in favor of a closer scoreline," admitted Scherning.
