American teen Hoppe saves Schalke from Bundesliga ignominy
09-Jan-2021 16:46:51 | Yahoo Sports
American forward Matthew Hoppe scored a hat trick in Schalke's first victory for almost a year, helping his club avoid matching Tasmania Berlin's old Bundesliga record for consecutive winless games on Saturday. Schalke's 4-0 win over visiting Hoffenheim ended the Gelsenkirchen-based club's 30-game wait since its last league win on Jan. 17, 2019. The 19-year-old Hoppe hadn't scored before for Schalke, but he opened his account with a brilliant chip over Oliver Baumann in the 42nd minute, then rounded the Hoffenheim goalkeeper in the 57th, and completed a game to remember with his third goal in the 63rd.
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