After a perfect start last weekend against Braunschweig (5:1), it looks like Schalke will suffer their first defeat today against 1. FC Nürnberg on matchday two.
Although S04 took the lead shortly before half-time thanks to a goal from Ibrahima Cisse, they had to accept Ron Schallenberg’s sending off almost immediately afterwards. The 25-year-old had been shown yellow five minutes earlier for an acting performance and then had to come down after the second booking. However, this is more than controversial.
In a game situation in which it actually seemed as if Schallenberg himself had been fouled, the S04 professional suddenly saw yellow and red. Difficult to understand at first. Especially for Schallenberg himself, who reported from the locker room via Instagram at half-time.
In any case, the sending off seems to have had an impact on the match.
Shortly after the restart, Miro Klose’s Nuremberg team turned the game around with goals from Lukas Schmelzer and Caspar Jander. A brief glimmer of hope for the Royal Blues: Goalscorer Jander also received a yellow-red card from Nuremberg after 66 minutes. But even with ten against ten, FCN proved right: Rafael Lubach made it 3-1.
