Shalke was very confident for fridays match

The coach did not want to talk about whether this game would be an indicator in Schalke’s battle for an automatic Champions League spot. “We still have a few games to go until the end of the season, and the table moves around after almost every match,” he said. Nevertheless, the objectives for the match at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin are clear. “We must not take our foot off the accelerator after these recent good results, we have to keep going!” stressed the coach. “We want to focus on our aims again and play with variation going forward. If we do that then we will get our chances in Berlin and so have the opportunity to pick up points away from home.”

The reverse fixture at the VELTINS-Arena earlier this season saw a 2-1 victory for S04 thanks to a well-celebrated strike from Max Meyer in injury time. Schalke have done well against the Berliners in recent time, with the last defeat coming over ten years ago. But Breitenreiter is not letting all these figures dazzle him. “Hertha have lost just once at home this season and conceded an average of just one goal per game,” said the 42-year-old, also describing the team from the capital as a compact side who work tirelessly off the ball and allow their opponents few chances.

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Defensive stability is what the coach wants to see from his team too. “At times in Cologne we overcommitted in attack and so lost our compactness,” recalls Breitenreiter. “We also spoke about that in our review of the game. We analysed the game a lot and it showed us what we have to do better.”

In terms of players, not much has changed since last time. “Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Leon Goretzka have been unable to return to training yet but are on the way back,” reported Breitenreiter, who has allowed Christian Rubio Sivodedov and Fabian Reese from the U19s as well as Pascale Talarski from the reserves to train with the first team ahead of the journey to Berlin. “We did that so we could play elven vs. eleven.”

CREDIT:http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/160310_bsc_preview/page/2141--86-86-.html