Schalke coach Karel Geraerts is fighting after the crazy and extremely bitter 3:5 defeat against SV Darmstadt 98. “I’m a sportsman. I don’t give up,” said the 42-year-old, who is feeling the pressure ever greater. “I keep going. That will be the case tomorrow, that will be the case next week. That will be the case for my entire football career.”
Even before the defeat after leading 3-0, there had been speculation about Geraerts’ job at the second division football club. When asked whether he had the feeling that the key people such as squad planner Ben Manga or the supervisory board were still behind him, the Belgian said: “That is a question for the squad planner, supervisory board or other people.” The decision as to whether he will still be on the bench in the next game is not his. Schalke has only taken four points from the first six games in the 2nd Bundesliga.
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