Frank Kramer is not to be envied: The FC Schalke coach has been under pressure since the beginning of his tenure, and the results have long been missing. After a bitter bankruptcy against TSG Hoffenheim, the club is apparently still convinced that it should continue with Kramer, at least for the time being.
At FC Schalke 04, the future of coach Frank Kramer was uncertain after the fourth loss in a row. Sports director Rouven Schröder dodged questions about the renewed duel with the Kraichgauers on Tuesday in the DFB Cup in Sinsheim after the 0: 3 (0: 2) against TSG Hoffenheim on Friday evening. "I'm not there yet. First of all today," said Schröder, who "didn't want to give any guarantees". "We will do our analysis. And we will act out of conviction," Schröder continued. According to information from "Kicker", the analysis showed: Kramer can continue, at least for the time being. As reported by the magazine, the coach will also sit on the bench in the cup, and Kramer also led the regenerative session on Saturday.
"It's clear that you have to let it sink in first," said the Schalke coach, who came only four months ago after the Royal Blues were promoted again, after the bankruptcy against Hoffenheim, in which his team had no chance at all. "We didn't score enough points. We're not satisfied with that, it's not what we had in mind," confessed Kramer, who has been attacked by parts of the league since the beginning of his tenure.
"You have to say clearly: From the first day of the game there was extreme pressure," said sports director Schröder. Also on Friday after Skov's third Hoffenheim goal, isolated calls of "Kramer raus" echoed through the almost 60,000 spectators in the arena. "But the reaction of the team was much more important. We made it clear that we wanted a clear reaction. The team showed the reaction," said Kramer, who himself did not want to answer any questions about his future. "That doesn't concern me after the game. That's simply not my topic," said Kramer. Now he can probably advertise at least once more on his own behalf.
With Thomas Reis, who was recently dismissed from VfL Bochum, there is already a trainer on hold who had probably already been traded as a hot candidate for Kramer's job. Club legend Mike Büskens secured the climb as interim coach in a brilliant final sprint. However, after the successful completion of its mission, the former "Eurofighter" resigned to the second rank as agreed.
