FC Schalke 04 - FC St. Pauli 3: 2: S04 succeeds in the Bundesliga

After an energy performance, the big promotion party started: Schalke 04 returned to the Bundesliga 382 days after relegation. After 0-2 deficit, the second division leader defeated FC St. Pauli 3-2 (0: 2) and is no longer suppressed by one of the first two places on the last matchday.

• Matanovic double pack shocked Schalke 04
• Schalke keeper Fraisl fails in front of a second goal
• FC Schalke 04 - FC St. Pauli: The data of the game

At 10:26 p.m. all the dams broke: after returning to the Bundesliga, the fans stormed on the lawn, striker Simon Terodde howled like a castle dog and coach Mike Büskens heard his players. "The S04 is back," sang the overjoyed followers loudly. It was the starting signal in a long party night in Gelsenkirchen.

"The feeling is incredible. It was our dream. We had to fight for that, you don't get it for free," said Büskens at sky: "A huge compliment to the troops. It is incredible. I said the boys during the break: Was the best first half that we played. From this evening we will speak to this dramaturgy in a decades or two. "

S04 sports director Rouven Schröder said at SPORT1: "It feels like shock. It is incredible what happened today. Very big compliment to everyone in the club that believed in it and supported the team. Everyone deserves this feeling. We are all overjoyed. From 0: 2 to 3: 2 - that's exactly what we need. The boys all believed in it. Schalke 04 lives again. "

In order to return to the German Oberhaus after 382 days, energy performance was necessary. After 0-2 deficit, the second division leader defeated FC St. Pauli 3-2 (0: 2) and is no longer suppressed by one of the first two places on the last matchday.

Goal scorer Terodde with his seasonal hits 28 and 29 (47th, penalty/71st) and Joker Rodrigo Zalazar (78th), the royal blue shot back to the Bundesliga for the fourth time after 1982, 1984 and 1991 in front of 62,271 spectators - For the third time after just a second division season. On April 20, 2021, the royal blue sealed their fourth descent with a 0-1 at Arminia Bielefeld.

Matanovic double pack shocked Schalke 04

Igor Matanovic (9th and 17th) had given the Hamburger in the lead with a double pack. After the sixth game in a row without a win, the chances of promotion of the St. Pauli, a month ago, are only theoretically available. Marcel Beifus also saw the red card (81.) because of coarse fouls, Matanovic flew off the square with yellow-red (90.+5).

Königsblau had already celebrated before the kick-off: his Eurofighter, who sensationally won the UEFA Cup 25 years ago and made the greatest success of the club history perfectly. The team by century coach Huub Stevens met on the lawn for the anniversary, the fans sang from the legendary journey through Europe.

Büskens, himself part of the 1997 team, was busy with the current Schalke. The 54-year-old switched to two positions compared to the emotional 2-1 win in Sandhausen and brought Thomas Ouwejan and Dominick Drexler back into the starting eleven. His counterpart Timo Schultz had to exchange half a dozen players after the Corona outbreak last Sunday.

Schalke keeper Fraisl fails in front of a second goal

The two coaches had already seen the first goal after 32 seconds, but Terodde failed free -standing on Dennis Smarsch. St. Pauli's keeper also saved against Marius Bülter (5th). On the other hand, the first shot on the other hand was a goal: Matanovic completed the first, largely undisturbed Hamburg attack with the lead.

The 2-0 gave Schalke goalkeeper Martin Fraisl to the guests: the keeper, who had recently noticed with dropouts, had a catastrophic false pass that Matanovic used in the game structure. Schalke replied and cheered - too early: The supposed compensation by Ko ItaKura had preceded the Japanese handball (23rd). Then Terodde from two meters of defender Jakov Medic scored on the goal line (33.).

Just a few seconds after the restart, Medic Terodde wrestled in the penalty area, the second division record goal scorer scored from the penalty point. Then Schalke stormed, driven by the fans, with the courage of despair. Terodde used Darko Churlinov to be a template to his 171st second division. Zalazar finally converted the arena into a toll house.

FC Schalke 04 - FC St. Pauli: The data of the game

Schalke: Fraisl - Vindheim (55. Aydin), ItaKura, Kaminski, Ouwejan - Flick, Latza (79th Palsson) - Drexler (67th Zalazar), Churlinov (79th Idrizi) - Terodde, Bülter. - Trainer: Büskens

st. Pauli: Smarsch - Zander, Beifus, Medic, Paqarada (80. Makienok) - Aremu (58. Ritzka) - Irvine, Benatelli (79. Daschner) - Hartel - Matanovic, Kyereh. - Trainer: Schultz

Tore: 0: 1 Matanovic (9th), 0: 2 Matanovic (17th), 1: 2 Terodde (47th penalty), 2: 2 Terodde (71.), 3: 2 Zalazar (78. ))) Red card: Beifus because of coarse foul game (81.) Yellow-red card: Matanovic (St. Pauli) because of repeated foul game (90.+5) Articles and videos on the topic * Because of Moukoko: Rose with sharp media criticism * Top sport live on dazn. Register now! Can be canceled at any time. Yellow cards: Latza (5), Vindheim (3), Idrizi (3) - Aremu (5), Medic (4), Kyereh (5)