Well, for Schalke's defense, indeed, this was going to be a long game.
Just 10 minutes after the game began, they had already faced three dangerous threats from different areas.
The first one came from the triangle combination between Sancho, Reus, and Haaland. This was what Frohling feared the most, as he had warned his boys so many times in the training session not to let them do anything they wanted in the team's territory.
Unfortunately, the theory was nice, but reality slapped them all pretty hard.
Those three were quite good at defending themselves and even breaking into a tight space, forcing all the attention on their side.
They passed the ball short from one foot to another, and with a quick little movement, one of them managed to sneak behind the defensive line to receive the decisive pass.
This time, it was Sancho who managed to get inside and received a pass that slipped through Kolasinac and Malick Thiaw's defense.
