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Dortmund, 12.05.2007.
Day of Blue-White tears.
Never before was a defeat against Dortmund so painful.
-"It was again in our hands and we screwed everything up again like in 2001,
now all the emotions are coming back - just ***"
"No heart...
No, there is no real Schalker in the team!"
- It was the day when FC schalke wasted their chance to win the championship.
[Rudi Assauer]"Well, after 15-20 minutes I immediately said
"It's not going to happen today!" The squad is apathetic, lifeless, without fire!
-They just let it happen!
Schalke 04 was leading the table 13 weeks in a row.
In the home of their biggest rival they could have made the decisive step,
but nobody in Royal-Blue could even reach near his usual form.
The disaster bigun just seconds before the halftime, when Striker Alexander Frei shot Dortmund to the lead.
Spoiling Schalke's titledreams was the big motivator for Dortmund.
[Michael Zorc]"It was the last homematch in the season and it was not the easiest season for the fans,
and there is no better opportunity to make it up to the fans again than a win over schalke 04,
who wanted to become champions that day
Christoph Metzelder, who played his last match for Dortmund also gave the assist for the goal of Ebi Smolarek.
It was the first home-win versus Schalke since November 1998 - For Schalke the second bitter championship final within 6 years.
[Rudi Assauer]"I was so disappointed, because we had the big opportunity to win the trophy
and we only needed one point out of the match to keep the chances alive!"
It was the worst derby of all times for FC Schalke 04!