Eintracht Frankfurt visit FC Schalke 04 on Saturday. SGE coach Oliver Glasner talks about the upcoming opponent and the personnel situation.
On his farewell tour as coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, Oliver Glasner makes a stop at FC Schalke 04 on Saturday (15.30, RS-Liveticker). The 48-year-old coach will leave the SGE at the end of the season, and his last game will be the DFB Cup final against RB Leipzig.
However, Glasner explained ahead of the match in Gelsenkirchen that his future is not currently an issue. “I am now exclusively concerned with Eintracht Frankfurt. I think the team, the fans and the city deserve 100 per cent Oliver Glasner until the last game.”
As a farewell, Glasner would like to lead Frankfurt to the European Cup. However, the eighth-placed team in the table can no longer do it under their own steam. “We want to win both games, achieve the 52 points still possible and at the end we’ll see what it’s enough for.”
Schalke, meanwhile, are fighting against relegation and also need a win to get closer to their goal of staying in the league. There is a lot at stake for both teams, according to Glasner, who is therefore expecting a “highly emotional and highly intense duel”.
Frankfurt won the first leg 3:0 in January. At that time, the Königsblauen were still trailing at the bottom of the table, but after a significant improvement in the second half of the season, S04 are back in the thick of things and are in the relegation spot before the reunion with the Hessians.
“Schalke always make it extremely difficult for their opponents. They are not a team that goes into games cautiously, but always come out very hot and aggressive and force their opponent into a lot of duels,” Glasner said of the upcoming opponent.
They have very strong running and robust players who attack high and put their opponents under constant pressure.
Oliver Glasner on Schalke
The Austrian went on to praise Schalke: “They have very strong running and robust players who attack high and put their opponents under constant pressure. They always move forward well, play quickly up front and also have very good attacking players up front. “
Glasner can count on the majority of his squad on Saturday. Only for the injured Philipp Max the game comes too early. Jesper Lindström, who fell ill during the week, is fit to play and Rafael Borré returns to the squad after his suspension.