Second division football team Eintracht Braunschweig faces a tough challenge at the start of the new season: “Big opponent, big name, big stadium,” said coach Daniel Schnerning before the guest appearance on Saturday (8:30 p.m./Sky and Sport1) at Schalke 04.
Last season, the team from Lower Saxony finished 15th in the standings. just to stay in the class. This time, it shouldn’t be so close. Scherning: “This year, we want to be able to irritate the big boys.” Given the twelve additions to the team, the 40-year-old also knows: “It may take a while for the team to come together.”
Goalkeeper Tino Casali and striker Sidi Sané will be absent from the guest appearance in Gelsenkirchen. Both suffered knee injuries during the preparation. Not least because of this, the Braunschweig players want to “keep their ears and eyes open” on the transfer market, Scherning announced.
3,500 fans accompany Eintracht to Gelsenkirchen
In the week before the start of the season, the coach concentrated more on his own team than on the opponent. The preparatory games had little meaning: “The difference between the test games and Schalke could not be bigger,” said Scherning. The people of Braunschweig can look forward to great support from fans. 3,500 Eintracht fans will accompany the team to Gelsenkirchen.
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Second division football team Eintracht Braunschweig faces a tough challenge at the start of the new season: “Big opponent, big name, big stadium,” said coach Daniel Schnerning before the guest appearance on Saturday (8:30 p.m./Sky and Sport1) at Schalke 04.
Last season, the team from Lower Saxony finished 15th in the standings. just to stay in the class. This time, it shouldn’t be so close. Scherning: “This year, we want to be able to irritate the big boys.” Given the twelve additions to the team, the 40-year-old also knows: “It may take a while for the team to come together.”