In the early morning of May 8, in the 33rd round of the Bundesliga, the leader Schalke 04 played at home to St. Pauli. This is the penultimate round of the Bundesliga this season, Schalke 04 holds a two-point league advantage, and if they win, they will lock in a place to return to the Bundesliga early.
However, the game was full of drama, and St. Pauli, who played away, scored two goals in the first 18 minutes to lead Schalke 04 2-0, and the score was maintained until midfield.
However, in the second half, Schalke completed the reversal of the two-for-three with Trod's goal and Salazar's goal, scoring three points and returning to the Bundesliga after a year.
Schalke 04 is an established powerhouse in German football, and their team has won 7 German top league titles, 5 German Cups, 1 German Super Cup and 1 German League Cup. In addition, if the final round is won, it will be the third time that Schalke 04 will win the Bundesliga.
In the 20-21 season, Schalke 04 was unfortunately relegated from the bottom of the Bundesliga, and it was not until the 15th round of the Bundesliga that they beat Hoffenheim 4-0 at home, ending their embarrassing record of 30 rounds of unbeaten in the league across seasons. The Bundesliga powerhouses that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in the past cannot escape the fate of relegation.
However, they signed the 34-year-old German centre-forward, Simon Terodde, from Hamburg last summer. The high school striker, who killed in the Bundesliga, helped Stuttgart complete the first division in 2017, helped Cologne complete the promotion in 2019, and now, helped Schalke 04 to return to the Bundesliga.
2017 season, Stuttgart, 32 matches, 25 goals, 3 assists 2019 season, Cologne, 33 games, 29 goals and 4 assists 2022 season, Schalke 04, 29 games, 29 goals and 4 assists staged a hat-trick of "league promotion"!
Trod debuted in the youth academy of Duisburg and played professionally for Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin Union, Bochum, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Schalke 04 and other teams.
Trod spent most of his career playing in the Bundesliga, where he scored 282 games, 171 goals and 43 assists, while in the Bundesliga, Trod was "overwhelmed", scoring only 10 goals and 2 assists in 58 Bundesliga games.
Next season, will Trod play in the Bundesliga, or will he leave the team and stay in the familiar Bundesliga?