VfL Bochum will ask FC Schalke 04 to a hot dance “anne Castroper” on Saturday (4 March, 3.30 pm). Thomas Letsch sees no reason to get restless.

The second-to-last team in the table meets the Bundesliga’s bottom team: it doesn’t get any more basement duel than this when VfL Bochum hosts FC Schalke 04 on Saturday (3.30pm, RevierSport live ticker).

RevierSport spoke to VfL coach Thomas Letsch.

Thomas Letsch about…

… a possible unrest in the club: “There is no reason for that. We are aware that we played a bad game in Bremen. We are also aware of the current situation. But all those who thought that we would be completely out of the relegation zone at this point, those people were naïve then. It was clear to all of us that it would be a long fight. We now have a phase in which we naturally expected more from the games against Freiburg and Bremen. But we didn’t manage that because we couldn’t turn the game against Freiburg on our side and were simply bad in Bremen.

… Situation before the Schalke game: “We now have to show the performance against Schalke that we have always shown so far. We have only lost one game at home. Everything is in our hands. As long as that’s the case, there’s no reason to get restless either. “

They have created a good basis for themselves. But we have three points more than Schalke and that’s how we have to go into the game. We know that we’re facing a tough opponent.

Thomas Letsch

.. Personnel situation: “Danilo Soares has returned to training and is fit. Ivan Ordets has taken part in training. Things are looking good there too. Gerrit Holtmann is not yet an issue for the weekend. We hope for next week. Cristian Gamboa still needs time. We have to be more careful and give him more time. In addition, two players (Silvere Ganvoula and Jordi Osei-Tutu, editor’s note) have a bit of a cold, but they will be back on Wednesday or Thursday.”

… FC Schalke 04: “The opponent has stalked back towards the non-relegation places and has now not lost five games in a row. They have created a good basis for themselves. But we have three points more than Schalke and that’s how we have to go into the game. We know that we’re facing a tough opponent.” wozi with gp