The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international is set to be sidelined for a while after sustaining an arm fracture, and Benedikt Howedes expressed his discontent with the fans’ rants against the French champions.
Schalke manager Huub Stevens received disappointing news from the injury table following his side’s 2-2 UEFA Champions League stalemate against French club Montpellier on Wednesday as Julian Draxler faces a long time on the treatment
table with an injury suffered during the match.
The exciting prospect was the star performer in the game. He levelled the score for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 duly converted to make it 2-1.
Nevertheless, the talented youngster was carried off on a stretcher with an arm injury after the tackle which handed them the penalty. He was immediately rushed to the hospital following the clash to be examined further.
After the medical examination, the young starlet was confirmed to have fractured his arm and has successfully gone through surgery. However, the exact time of the lay-off is yet to be determined but is definitely out for up to
several weeks.
On the other hand, club captain Benedikt Howedes echoed his frustration with the team supporters’ whistles in the latter stages of the game. The Bundesliga outfit’s fans ranted at goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall when he was taking extra
time to take his goal-kicks when the Miners were winning 2-1.
The skipper backed the shot-stopper to waste some time when they were 2-1 up. The defender stated that it is unjust to criticise the goalie if he is taking time at a stage when the German club was in the lead. He also said the
team suffered because of the negative reaction by the fans.
"It's not fair toward the goalkeeper that his own fans whistle him when he decides to take his time in order to protect the lead,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
And it's unfair toward the team as well," the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football championship winner finally concluded.
Schalke will be looking forward to end their two-match winless streak with a win against Wolfsburg on Saturday.
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