Unfortunately for those guys who thought that things wouldn't be that bad with Suat Serdar, no, it was way worse than anyone could imagine.
Once the game started the next day, everything seemed to favor Schalke's side. Even though they played an away game, the confidence they gained after destroying Arminia Bielefeld last week still lingered in the air, giving the midfielders the right mindset to control the tempo from the beginning of the game.
The two wingers also worked well at the beginning, destroying the opponent's flank so many times and forcing Hoffenheim's two fullbacks to breathe so heavily like a dog in the summer when it was still the first half of the game.
However, everything worked well for all sides except for the end product, where the focal point of the attack couldn't convert all the chances that were created by his teammates into a goal.
