Cup exit in Dresden deepens Schalke crisis – Muslic: 'No excuses'
Second-division Dynamo Dresden beat Schalke 04 2-0 in the German Cup to reach the last 16 for the first time since 2014-15. Schalke are winless in five straight competitive games.
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Dynamo Dresden pulled off an upset in the second round of the German Cup. The second-division side beat Schalke 04 2-0 on Wednesday night in front of 30,501 fans at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion. Patrice Covic scored shortly after halftime, and substitute Christoph Daferner headed in from a corner late in the game. Dresden reached the last 16 for the first time since the 2014-15 season, when they also knocked Schalke out.
Schalke's situation keeps getting worse. Coach Miron Muslic's team has gone five competitive games without a win and scored just one goal in that span. According to dpa, seven regular starters were missing in Dresden. "We were extremely sloppy, imprecise with the ball," Muslic said after the game.
The coach remained defiant: "We must not look for excuses, but accept the situation as it is." Schalke host RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Saturday.