Hansa Rostock against Schalke. It was extremely heated. In the end, Schalke celebrated – although the police probably wouldn’t have let the game continue if they had had sole control.

There was a lot going on at the second division match between Hansa Rostock and FC Schalke 04. From a footballing point of view, there was little to see before the break, but things were getting heated in the stands.

As a result, referee Nicolas Winter had to send both teams back to the locker room for 29 minutes. The Rostock police announced via Twitter: “In the guest block, a glass partition was destroyed by guest fans. Some fans were able to get into the buffer block to the south stand. Police forces had to be deployed between the home and guest fan areas. After a game interruption, the game has now been restarted.”

If it had been up to the police, the game probably shouldn’t have been restarted. At least that’s what Hansa captain Markus Kolke said on Sky after the game: “I heard that the police wanted to stop it right away.”

But the game was restarted and for Rostock it started with a sending off right after the break. A scene that happened before the break was reviewed.

And Winter turned Junior Brumado’s yellow card into a red card. Kolke emphasized: “It was not an issue that there would be another red card. It was unfortunate in the situation. We didn’t hear about a VAR check.”

Nobody knew that a restart would be accompanied by a VAR check. Kolke: “You can’t forget that Brumado is 25 centimeters taller than Idrizi. The elbow doesn’t go up either, so you could have pulled dark yellow. I think in the end everyone was surprised.”

Schalke’s Simon Terodde, who had to worry before, because: “We didn’t know if it would continue.” After the long break, Schalke then showed a sovereign performance with a plus, which was rewarded late with the two goals.

The S04 veteran appeared relieved on “Sky”: “After the Düsseldorf game, we were beaten up, we were on the ground. It was therefore important that we got the curve. It was an intense game – from both sides. Games like this are extremely fun.”

However, there were no big celebrations with their own supporters after the game. Terodde also explained this with the hectic pace that preceded it: “We thanked them, but of course you don’t want to pour oil on the fire when Hansa’s assistant coach was also thrown off the field. I don’t like it when the opposing team celebrates too much at the home stadium either.”