Kees van Wonderen is proud of the way his team came back from a deficit in the away match against Hamburger SV. At halftime, after personal fouls, everything was done to wake up the players, captain Kenan Karaman said.
The 31-time Turkish international appeared in front of Sky’s camera after the 2-2 draw in the Volkspark Stadium. Karaman was honest about what had happened halfway through the dressing room when the score was 2-0. ‘I have been very loud and clear. The team had to be woken up,” said the captain, who was heading for the seventh league defeat of the season with his team after conceding goals in the 29th and 30th minutes.
Former Ajax striker Amin Younes scored the tying goal in the 57th minute and twenty minutes before the end, Karaman himself made it 2-2. According to Van Wonderen, Schalke reaped the rewards of the courage shown with the point. ‘There is much more to it than we sometimes show. We want to play with courage, without fear. After mistakes, what matters is how we respond. That no one is hiding, that we look forward again. I’m proud of the team. The fact that we showed up like this after the break is great for morale. This is what we want to see,” said the Dutch coach who started working in Gelsenkirchen at the beginning of October.
Schalke lost its first three games with Van Wonderen at the helm, but has now not lost three games in a row. This has given rise to the hope that a connection with the sub-top can be found quickly. HSV is part of that sub-top, but continues the battle for promotion with a different coach after the loss of points against Schalke. Trainer Steffen Baumgart was pushed aside on Sunday.
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