Bundesliga
February 2, 2013
Schalke 04
1 - 2
SpVgg Greuther Furth
Bundesliga
14:30 +00:00, February 2, 2013
Veltins Arena, Germany
Schalke 04 1-2 SpVgg Greuther Furth
Scoring Summary
| Schalke 04 | SpVgg Greuther Furth |
|---|---|
| Michel Bastos (47') | Felix Klaus (52') |
| Nikola Djurdjic (90') |
Teams
| Schalke 04 | SpVgg Greuther Furth |
|---|---|
| 34 Timo Hildebrand | 1 Wolfgang Hesl |
| 33 Roman Neustädter | 34 Jozsef Varga |
| 23 Christian Fuchs | 18 Baba Rahman |
| 4 Benedikt Höwedes | 2 Lasse Sobiech |
| 22 Atsuto Uchida | 38 Matthias Zimmermann |
| 17 Jefferson Farfan | 13 Milorad Pekovic |
| 32 Joel Matip | 36 Felix Klaus |
| 9 Michel Bastos | 40 Nikola Djurdjic |
| 25 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 5 Mergim Mavraj |
| 31 Julian Draxler | 16 Zoltan Stieber |
| 13 Jermaine Jones | 11 Gerald Asamoah |
| Substitutes | |
| 21 Christoph Metzelder | Bernd Nehrig 7 |
| 27 Tranquillo Barnetta | Thomas Kleine 19 |
| 18 Raffael Araújo | Sercan Sararer 23 |
| 20 Teemu Pukki | Max Grün 26 |
| 12 Marco Höger | Robert Zilner 21 |
| 36 Lars Unnerstall | Ilir Azemi 33 |
| 35 Saed Kolasinac | Jung-Bin Park 32 |
| Substitutions | |
| Raffael Araújo for Julian Draxler (67) | Bernd Nehrig for Milorad Pekovic (69) |
| Teemu Pukki for Jermaine Jones (82) | Sercan Sararer for Felix Klaus (73) |
| Ilir Azemi for Gerald Asamoah (84) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Christian Fuchs (8) | Lasse Sobiech (37) |
| Jozsef Varga (59) | |
| Milorad Pekovic (63) | |
| Nikola Djurdjic (90) | |
| · Squads: Schalke 04 | SpVgg Greuther Furth | |
Greuther Furth picked up only their second win of the season with a shock victory at Schalke thanks to a last-gasp goal from Nikola Djurdjic.
Michel Bastos marked his Schalke debut with a goal, but Felix Klaus levelled before Djurdjic scored a dramatic late winner for Mike Buskens' men.
The win will be particularly sweet for former Schalke player and coach Buskens and striker Gerald Asamoah, who remains a terrace hero in Gelsenkirchen.
Schalke quickly made it clear who the man of the house was, but their superior possession rarely led to clear-cut chances.
Roman Neustadter was the first to test Furth goalkeeper Wolfgang Hesl with a header as the Bavarians employed their familiar defensive, and destructive, tactics.
Matthias Zimmermann made a clearance off the line to deny Jermaine Jones an opening goal in the 22nd minute before Milorad Pekovic followed suit to deny Neustadter.
Schalke took a deserved lead just two minutes into the second half with Bastos showing why the Royal Blues wanted him so much with a curling, unstoppable shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Yet their lead lasted only five minutes. Djurdjic pulled the ball back from the goal line on a rare Furth attack, and Klaus was left totally unmarked for one of his easiest Bundesliga goals to bring the Bavarians level.
Furth then abandoned their defensive style and started to cause problems of their own.
Schalke continued to look the more dangerous, though, and had a third effort cleared off the line in the 68th minute when Benedikt Howedes' header was swept away by Zimmermann.
Raffael hit the post as the Royal Blues tried everything they could to get a winner.
But the Arena AufSchalke was stunned to silence in the second minute of stoppage time when Djurdjic looped in a header after Timo Hildebrand could only parry Azemi's shot, denting Schalke's Champions League hopes.