Unfortunately, Augsburg wasted all their chance to gain momentum, and soon enough, it was Schalke's time to control the game here.
In fact, Schalke's trio of midfielders were never that bad at a possession game. No, against any other middle- to bottom-tier teams, the combination of Morita, Omar Mascarell, and Weston McKennie would be able to overwhelm all of their opponents.
That still didn't count Ozan Kabak, Juan Miranda, and some players who were good at maintaining possession, which made this team superior to a team at their level.
The only reason they had never tried to do so was that, for Frohling, a counterattack style suited this team better, preventing the team from making too many mistakes in their own area. This was the crux of the problem, the reason why the team still lost so many goals in the past.
