FC Schalke 04 II’s winning streak was broken against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (1:1). After the game, coach Jakob Fimpel also spoke about contract extensions in his team.

On Friday evening, FC Schalke 04’s U23s played out a 1-1 draw against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. It was the first losing points after four wins in a row for coach Jakob Fimpel’s team.

The draw was somewhat unfortunate because RWO only scored the equalizer in the 89th minute. The opening goal was scored by Kelsey Meisel (59), who put in another strong performance.

In terms of the table, this is almost irrelevant. After all, the Royal Blue reserves are in mid-table with no ambitions for the top and no fears for the bottom.

“Overall, it was a fair draw,” said Fimpel. “If the game had gone on any longer, we could have lost. That’s why it was not an outstanding game, but it was okay. A draw against Oberhausen is okay for us. “

We’ve now achieved what we wanted to achieve. Namely, that players who play an important role for us will still be with us next year.

Jakob Fimpel

Scorer Meisel, who was promoted from the U19s in the summer and has now scored his fifth goal in the Regionalliga West, was particularly pleased for Schalke’s U23 coach. “He has that consistency in front of goal. When he shows that, he’s simply very dangerous,” praised Fimpel.

Meisel is still under contract with S04 until the summer of 2025. Just like Felix Allgaier, Yannick Tonye and Julius Paris since this week. And former Bundesliga striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga. Although he was only on the bench against Oberhausen, he is otherwise a regular when he is fit to play. Because his coach naturally knows what he has in the 32-year-old.

Is that why he was particularly pleased about his contract extension? “Not only about his contract extension, but also about those of the other players,” said Fimpel. “We have now achieved what we wanted to achieve. Namely, that we still have players who play an important role for us next year. “

For the other players, this means another year of development. “And for Pierre, it means continuing to lead the team together with Tim Albutat.”

Nevertheless, there will be the usual major upheaval in the summer. “Many will leave the club, so it’s important that you can take some key players from the old core with you,” says Fimpel.

The U23s have had their best season in a long time so far. It will be difficult to build on that anyway. At least Fimpel can rely on a core of players from this season