Schalke also lost Thomas Reis’ first game as head coach. Freiburg captain Christian Günter had his thoughts on the Königsblauen afterwards.

FC Schalke 04 has lost Thomas Reis’ first match against SC Freiburg with 0:2 (0:1). There was no denying the team’s will. But the game also showed that there is a world of difference between teams like SC Freiburg and S04.

After the game, Freiburg’s captain Christian Günter was also worried about the Königsblauen. “It wasn’t easy because Schalke had a new coach. That always releases a bit of energy in the team. That’s why you didn’t know how they really play. But we implemented that very well, very maturely.”

This, he said, took the wind out of S04’s sails early on. “We worked through everything and put the brakes on Schalke’s euphoria right away. Great praise to everyone.”

Nevertheless, the Schalkers had by no means disappointed from his point of view. “They played a new system. They played the way they have not played before. And that is sometimes difficult. Who starts when, how does the opponent do it?” explained Günter. “We did it very flexibly, so it was difficult for the opponent. It was a bit down to us that we had a certain ball security and didn’t lose the balls stupidly and run into counters. I think that’s what they were lurking for. “

Then he added: “Nevertheless, it was not a bad game from them especially at the beginning. But it was very confident from us in the end and we scored the goal at the right moment.”

He then talked about Freiburg’s games in the Europa League, in which the Breisgauers have already made it through the group stage before their last game. Because you mustn’t forget that Schalke played against an opponent who still had international action on Thursday and for long stretches had no chance. “It was actually very confident from the start. We had three or four great opportunities in the first half and allowed very little. Only at the end did they have one or two chances,” Günter said.

And thus came quite close to the truth.