Ironically, Guido Burgstaller shot FC St. Pauli in the second division hit against Schalke 04 for the autumn championship.
In the 2-1 (2-0) of the Millerntor-Elf in front of 19,950 spectators, the ex-Schalke scored his third brace of the season and decided a competitive duel in the constant rain, in which both teams had to do without their head coach due to Corona.
“If you are up there, you want to stay up there, too, of course,” said Matchwinner Burgstaller after the game on “Sky”: “That it is difficult until the end is also clear when you see how tight the league is is. But we are on the right track. ” There was praise from captain Philipp Ziereis: “We enjoy playing football with Guido. He’s just a great guy, every shot is possible with him.”
The Burgstaller, who moved from Schalke to St. Pauli in 2020, marked his season goals number 13 and 14 before the break – first with a right-footed shot (20th), then with a head (39th). Rodrigo Zalazar (75th) also shortened for Schalke with a hit against his ex-club. For Hamburg it was the first win against the Revierklub since 1996.
In the table, the team of assistant coach Loic Fave, who again represented Timo Schultz, is clearly ahead of Darmstadt 98 (29) and Jahn Regensburg (28) with 35 points. Jahn can still follow suit on Sunday, but St. Pauli can no longer take the autumn championship.
Schalke (26) fell back to seventh place with Sven Piepenbrock as a replacement for head coach Dimitrios Grammozis.
The game had caused discussions in advance because the Hamburg Senate will not implement the corona restrictions until the coming week. In the almost sold-out stadium at Millerntor, almost 20,000 spectators were guests, many without a mask.
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