The Schalke manager has insisted that the club is targeting a third place at the end of the season.
Schalke are currently in third place on the Bundesliga standings table with 57 points from the 31 games played and are a staggering 15 points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund. The club have suffered consecutive defeats in their
last two league games to the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/1-FC-Nuremberg-c38162 and Borussia Dortmund and are now only one point ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach.
Stevens claimed that the side is determined to hang on to the third place this season and are targeting three wins out of the remaining three matches this season. He insisted that the game against FC Augsburg this weekend is not
going to be easy as the opposition has been in prime form in their recent games.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven boss added that Augsburg have defended very well in their recent league games and they are certainly a dangerous team on counter attacks. He added that the game is at SGL Arena and Jos Luhukay’s team has
performed brilliantly at home in this campaign.
“We're determined to keep third place. It's going to be very difficult game. Augsburg have qualities of their own and we'll have to set ourselves up accordingly in light of our selection problems,” he was quoted as saying in an
interview.
The tactician added that Schalke has some players missing out on injury and admitted that it is a cause f concern for him with three important games left. He remains hopeful that some of the injured players return for the game
this weekend as it will certainly boost the team’s chances of a third place finish at the end of the season.
“Unfortunately the situation hasn't improved. We'll have to wait and see who's available at Augsburg. Obviously we're hoping that some of them will be back in time,” he concluded.
Schalke still have to play the likes of FC Augsburg, Hertha http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Berlin-c7536 and Werder Bremen in the remaining three games of the season. It is crucial for the team to end in the top three as they would have to play in the UEFA Champions
League qualifiers otherwise.
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