Christian Heidel’s side stumbled upon their good fortune against Borussia Mönchengladbach like a late 80s, new-school hop-hop producer acquiring James Brown’s Funky People compilation
The numbers spoke of another humiliation. They were outpassed (231 to 712), outfought (44% to 56% one-v-ones won), outplayed (28% to 72% possession) in front of their home fans. But Schalke 04 had friends in low places on Sunday night; the most important ally of all, in fact, down there, where it really mattered: on the pitch. “The ball was Schalke’s buddy tonight,” winced Borussia Mönchengladbach’s sporting director, Max Eberl.
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