On February 25, one of the matches of the 22nd round of the German Championship was held. Schalke (Gelsenkirchen) and Stuttgart (Germany) met.
German Championship, Week 22
Schalke (Gelsenkirchen) - Stuttgart (Germany) - 2:1 (2:0)
Goals: Drexler (10), Bulter (40) - Sosa (63)
Warnings: Kral (42), Sosa (70), Leo Greiml (90+6), Atakan Carazor (90+1)
FC Schalke 04 and VfB Stuttgart met at the VELTINS-Arena in a thrilling match that ended 2-1.
Ten minutes into the match, D. Drexler's header broke the deadlock for Schalke 04, and 40 minutes later, M. Boulter doubled the lead. A few minutes later, Kralle earned a yellow for Schalke 04, after which VfB Stuttgart made a flurry of substitutions, introducing Gil Diaz and H. Ito. In the 57th minute, W. Anton replaced J. Vanjoman. In the 63rd minute, B. Sosa of Stuttgart made the score 2-1. This forced Schalke 04 to make a few changes: Balanta and T. Krauss took over for L. Greiml and M. Boulter respectively. A few minutes later, Stuttgart earned a yellow card thanks to the efforts of B. Sosa. This was quickly followed by new substitutions from the hosts: M. Frei, S. Terodde and D. Lutz were replaced by K. Karaman, D. Drexler and R. Zalazar. Four minutes before the end of the match WfB Stuttgart made the last change, replacing G. Haraguchi with T. Tomasz. Soon after, K. Führich replaced L. Pfeiffer and A. Karazor received a yellow card for his actions. Finally, Schalke 04 made one last change: L. Greiml came on instead of D. Drexler and earned a yellow card. After the final whistle, the score was 2-1 in favor of "Schalke 04".
In the next round the following matches await the opponents: Bochum - Schalke, Stuttgart - Bayern.
| Schalke | Stuttgart | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Goals on goal | 5 |
| 12 | Strokes | 16 |
| 4 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 9 | Kicks from the penalty box | 9 |
| 3 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 7 |
| 11 | Violations | 13 |
| 6 | Corner | 8 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 34% | Ball possession | 66% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Saves by goalkeeper | 4 |
| 267 | Total assists | 514 |
| 178 | Accurate passes | 419 |
| 67% | Accuracy of transmissions | 82% |