Schalke 04 succeeded in turning the table on St. Pauli, after falling 2-0 after 17 minutes from the start, to replace the German champions 7 times, the last of which was in 1958, and advanced 3-2 in the second half, which witnessed the expulsion of players for the visiting team.
Schalke owe their victory to Uruguayan striker Rodrigo Salazar, who scored against his former team in the 78th minute.
St. Pauli advanced through Croatian Igor Matanovic (9 and 17), before being sent off in the fifth minute of stoppage time for the second half, after he was preceded by his colleague Marcel Beevus to the red card in the 81st minute.
Schalke responded in the second half to return from afar with goals from Simon Terodi (47 from a penalty kick and 71), and the third through Salazar.
Schalke 04 consolidated its position in the lead with 62 points, 5 points ahead of the trio of Hamburg, Darmstadt and Werder Bremen, which are competing for the second place that qualifies directly to the elite.
Nor did St. Pauli arithmetic lose his meager hopes of booking a direct position to the first, knowing that the third-placed player is in a playoff against the sixteenth-placed in the “Bundesliga”.
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