Watch: Fans confront relegated Schalke gamers, eggs thrown

Schalke has condemned the followers who police mentioned pelted gamers with eggs hours after the workforce was relegated from the Bundesliga.
Fan teams confronted the gamers within the early hours of Wednesday morning when the workforce returned from its 1-0 away loss at Bielefeld which confirmed Schalke would drop out of German soccer’s prime tier for the primary time in 30 years.
“During this encounter, so far unidentified individual people from the crowd crossed lines which FC Schalke 04 considers non-negotiable,” the membership mentioned.

Schalke’s gamers, together with Sead Kolasinac (on mortgage from Arsenal) & Shkodran Mustafi, needed to flee from an offended mob of followers final night time after their 1-0 loss away to Arminia Bielefeld confirmed their relegation to the two.Bundesliga. [@VoetbalUltras] #afc pic.twitter.com/2zF2mpNNgk
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Schalke added that it understood the anger however “the club will never accept the physical welfare of its players and staff being endangered. That is exactly what happened last night due to the actions of individuals.”
Police in Schalke’s dwelling metropolis of Gelsenkirchen mentioned as much as 600 folks, some with pyrotechnics, gathered on the membership’s stadium to await the workforce’s return. When the workforce left the bus, “the players had eggs thrown at them and were verbally attacked.” Police mentioned they intervened to cease the incident escalating additional. There was no fast report of arrests however police are nonetheless investigating. No accidents had been reported.
Relegation follows a dramatic decline for Schalke, which performed within the Champions League knockout levels two seasons earlier than. The membership is in deep monetary hassle and has received solely two Bundesliga video games all season.