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Schalke Put Madrid Humiliation Aside To Face Bayern
- Updated: February 28, 2014
Schalke will hope to lift themselves up quickly following t heir 1-6 disastrous Champions League loss at the hands of Real Madrid as they prepare to face Bayern Munich at the weekend..
The Royal Blues were brought crashing back down to earth by the Spaniards to see their Champions League campaign practically ended at the Arena AufSchalke in midweek. The defeat was Schalke’s first in 2014.
Qualifying for the competition again next season is the new priority, and the seemingly unbeatable Bayern lie in wait.
“We must never make the mistakes we made against Real again,” said Schalke’s director of sport Horst Heldt.
“Our next opponents are probably even stronger. Bayern are even more compact and leave their opponents all but no chance at all.
“We travel to Munich to get a good result. It would be wrong for us to say we’re going there only for damage limitation.
“There are points on offer in every game, but of course everybody knows how difficult it is against Bayern.”
Four wins and a draw in 2014 had nevertheless shown Schalke making excellent progress before Wednesday’s reverse and they will travel to Munich with the belief that they can do what no other German side has done since October 2012 – beat the Bavarians.
In other fixtures, third-placed Borussia Dortmund host a resurgent Nurnberg, who moved four points clear of the relegation zone with their fourth win in five games last weekend having needed 18 matches to win for the first time.
Hamburg won for the first time in eight games last weekend, breaking a seven-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over Dortmund, but they remain inside the bottom three and will be keen to move out with a win in their match against Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Stuttgart could find themselves in the relegation zone when they travel to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, looking to end their own seven-game losing streak.
Finally, high-flying Augsburg host Hannover, who have been beaten three times in a row and are only five points above the drop zone.
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