The club condemned the fans who pelted eggs on players hours after the team was relegated from the domestic league that is Bundesliga.
Schalke players were attacked by their own fans after getting relegated from the Bundesliga.
Fans chased some of the players on the stadium perimeters in scenes that sources told @uersfeld were filmed early Wednesday morning.
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— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 21, 2021
This was unacceptable behavior by the Schalke fans who did not support the club in the hard times, it shows fans are upset but such a situation is not easy for the club either.
“During this encounter, so far unidentified individual people from the crowd crossed lines which FC Schalke 04 considers non-negotiable,” the club said.
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Schalke added that it understood the anger but “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.”
Around 600 people in Schalke’s home city of Gelsenkirchen waited, some with pyrotechnics, gathered at the club’s stadium to await the team’s return said police.
When the team left the bus and came out the incident took place, “the players had eggs thrown at them and were verbally attacked.”
Police said they are investigating no injuries were reported, no immediate report of arrests.
Two seasons before, they were playing Champions League knockout stages, and now the dramatic decline for Schalke. The club has won only two Bundesliga games all season.
The Bundesliga club Schalke is in a deep financial crisis as well, after all this struggle to not make it to next season.
