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Schalke: 3 things we learned from gut-wreching 3-3 draw with Fortuna

By Kevin Parvizi

GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: Ozan Kabak of FC Schalke 04 (R) celebrates scoring his sides second goal with teammate Bastian Oczipka during the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and Fortuna Duesseldorf at Veltins-Arena on November 09, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images)
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: Ozan Kabak of FC Schalke 04 (R) celebrates scoring his sides second goal with teammate Bastian Oczipka during the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and Fortuna Duesseldorf at Veltins-Arena on November 09, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images) /
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BIELEFELD, GERMANY – OCTOBER 29: Benito Raman of Schalke controls the ball during the DFB Cup second round match between Arminia Bielefeld and FC Schalke 04 at Schueco Arena on October 29, 2019 in Bielefeld, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
BIELEFELD, GERMANY – OCTOBER 29: Benito Raman of Schalke controls the ball during the DFB Cup second round match between Arminia Bielefeld and FC Schalke 04 at Schueco Arena on October 29, 2019 in Bielefeld, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

Benito Raman has a place

Benito Raman came into this game knowing he’d need to impress after an anonymous display last week against Augsburg in spite of his team’s three goals. The Belgian forward was the lone striker for Schalke against his former team, and he definitely made Fortuna Dusseldorf miss him.

Although it was puzzling to see Raman exit the game in the second half for Rabbi Matondo when the team still needed him, this was likely more of a case of David Wagner wanting to see what the talented Matondo, who was the best attacker in the Revierderby, could give. (That said, he probably should have subbed him in for Alessandro Schopf instead of bringing in Mark Uth, as Uth missed a glorious chance to win the game.)

Back to Raman. He had an assist for Daniel Caligiuri’s brilliant opener and nearly added another assist for Amine Harit, who hit the post. Raman had a hard-working performance and popped up in so many dangerous areas in the penalty box, testing Zack Steffen a handful of times.

This was Raman’s best Bundesliga performance in a Blue shirt, and it was a continuation of his strong form against Arminia Bielefeld, in which his brace lifted the Royal Blues to a DFB Pokal match victory.

As of right now, Raman has a spot in the starting lineup. If it weren’t for Dusseldorf’s hat trick hero, he would have been regarded as the best player on the pitch.

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