And the groundhog greets us daily. Schalke 04 has once again failed away from home, the relegation places are getting threateningly close.

FC Schalke 04’s blatant weakness away from home means they are looking further and further down the Bundesliga 2 table. As their basement rivals scored eagerly at the weekend, the relegation place is now only two points away and the direct relegation place three points away.

After the 2:5 defeat at Hertha BSC, the fourth away defeat in a row, S04 coach Karel Geraerts was also in a bad mood.

His sobering conclusion: “Once again, we didn’t play well away from home. That must not happen to us. I don’t just mean the result, but above all the team’s performance. Berlin’s victory is absolutely deserved. The first half was wild with lots of shots on both sides and a total of five goals. Neither team did a good job defensively. We continued to defend inadequately in the second half. And then it’s difficult to win against an opponent like Hertha BSC, who exploits every mistake.”

And that in front of 20,000 Schalke supporters, who were not the first time they had heard Geraerts say sorry after subterranean away performances. “I would like to apologize to all Schalke fans for this performance. They traveled several hundred kilometers again to support us. I can understand that they are very disappointed. “

The mood of his opposite number was completely different. Pal Dardai couldn’t help but take a swipe at his defense: “We know that we have to score at least three goals to win. This time it was five. I don’t want to talk about the two goals we conceded. That has haunted us all season. We didn’t defend well in the first half. During the break, I told my players once again that they should defend forwards – like we’ve been training during the week. In the second half, you could see that we are a very good transition team. We were very structured, even in the short passing game. I would like to compliment my entire team. They showed the fans a great game. “