Fortunately, the only game delayed here was the game against Fortuna Dusseldorf. A few days later, they still had to face Union Berlin, and while the coronavirus incident was enough to disturb the players' minds, at least the next game was not that far from the game against Augsburg, so the momentum they carried was still quite strong.
It also helped that the opponent they would face later was a team that was one spot above them. Yeah, Union Berlin was in 11th place right now, a true middle-tier team that was always occupying 10th or 11th place constantly.
The point difference here was just 2 points, with Union Berlin having gotten 31 points so far while Schalke had 29 right now. A win against them would be enough to catapult Schalke to 11th place, the best they had ever been in this season.
