At 19:30 Beijing time on April 17, the 30th round of the Bundesliga, Schroeder doubled, Bilt wore a hat, Schalke reversed Darmstadt 5-2 away, and won five consecutive league games.
Before this campaign, Schalke was 1st in the Bundesliga and Darmstadt was 4th in the Bundesliga, and although there was a 3-point gap between the two sides in the points rankings, in fact their point difference was only 2 points. Therefore, Darmstadt is one of Schalke's most important title rivals. If he loses this title battle, Schalke will even be directly overtaken by Darmstadt.
In the opening 11th minute, Philippe Titz took the lead for the team, and Schalke trailed 1-0. However, their trail lasted only three minutes, and Bildt assisted Schroeder in the 14th minute to equalize 1-1. Schroeder and Philippe Titus then went down again to make it 2-2, with Bildt scoring a goal just before the end of the first half to give Schalke a 3-2 lead at half-time.
In the second half, Bildt completed the hat in two consecutive minutes in 14 minutes, and finally Schalke reversed Darmstadt 5-2 to get the crucial 3 points.
Losing 3-4 at home to Rostock, Bundesliga seven-time champion Schalke has won five straight and has racked up 15 points in the last five rounds. In addition to reversing and winning a six-point battle for the title, Schalke also received two pieces of good news, that is, their other two title rivals overturned at the same time this round, St. Pauli was forced to draw 1-1 by relegation team Sandhausen, and Bremen was also forced to draw 1-1 at home by Nuremberg. In this way, Schalke and Bremen and St. Pauli behind him to open up a 2-point and 3-point gap respectively, and continue to sit in the first place in the Bundesliga.