FC Schalke 04 is back in the Bundesliga. After a dramatic game against St. Pauli, which tugged on the nerves of everyone involved, the Royal Blues are certain to be promoted. There is no holding back in the arena.
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Philipp Selldorf, Gelsenkirchen
Football bloody hell! After a week in which the old wisdom of Sir Alex Ferguson could be quoted up and down on Europe’s football pitches, Schalke 04 didn’t want to lag behind on Saturday night and celebrated the crazy game. At the match point meeting with FC St. Pauli, the Gelsenkirchen drama club pulled on the nerves of its supporters with all its violence and cruelty – until the referee Marco Fritz ended the match at 10:25 p.m the royal blue church around the world went. The 3-2 victory against Hamburg, achieved with pain and fear, ends the guest appearance in the second Bundesliga – next season Schalke will belong to the German upper class again.