SG Wattenscheid defeated Schalke II 2:1 and takes new courage in the relegation battle. It was also the duel of the two brothers of Bayern’s superstar Leroy Sané.

SG Wattenscheid 09 won their home match against FC Schalke 04’s U23 2:1 (2:0). This ended a dry spell of nine games without a win.

Wattenscheid coach Christian Britscho was correspondingly relaxed after the surprising success. “This victory is good for all of us. Everyone saw how happy and relieved the boys were after the final whistle,” explained Britscho at the press conference afterwards. “They really deserved this feeling because, despite all the blows, they always kept their heads up and always believed that we are competitive and able to compete. And we showed that against Schalke. “

His team, which had to contend with 15 absentees, outgrew itself in the neighbourhood duel. “The boys knocked out everything they had in them,” Britscho praised. “Sometimes I love football,” beamed sporting director Christian Pozo y Tamayo.

“Nobody expected us. But we got a speech from the coach before the game that we could take something today. And he was right,” Wattenscheid’s Kim Sané also beamed. “We dealt with Schalke intensively and totally exploited the team’s weaknesses. We wanted to use every one-on-one for ourselves because we knew Schalke wouldn’t do that.”

For him, of course, it was a very special game. For the first time he played against his younger brother Sidi Sané in a championship match. He had to wait 59 minutes on the bench until he was substituted. It was doubtful for a long time that he could play at all because of his groin injury. The Sanés then stood together on the field for just under a quarter of an hour before Schalke coach Jakob Fimpel substituted the disappointing Sidi. “It was the first game against Sidi for me at senior level. It was something special and definitely felt good,” Kim Sané beamed afterwards.

Neither of them had expected that 19-year-old Sidi would have to congratulate him after the match. And it didn’t happen on the pitch either. If they had already met during the game, because both were rather offensive, the congratulations were not forthcoming after the final whistle. While the strong Kim Sané celebrated with the team in front of his own fans, his brother already went into the dressing room.

But he will have made up for it later in the family circle. “Family is definitely the order of the day tonight,” Kim Sané revealed. “I’m sure it’s okay for him to congratulate me. Because we always do that to each other. That goes for Leroy as well, by the way.”

Unfortunately, the famous brother could not be on site in Wattenscheid because of his rehab after a muscle injury, after all, he wants to be fit again for the World Cup in Qatar. Mum Regina Weber, however, did not miss the brothers’ duel sitting in the stands. “It was definitely a lot of fun,” cheered Kim Sané. “And who knows what will happen, maybe I’ll play against the other brother again. “