Overview
- Laurin Curda put Paderborn ahead on 38 minutes before Kenan Karaman equalized in first-half stoppage time and Bryan Lasme netted an 86th-minute winner for Schalke, which moves to 31 points and first place.
- Referee Tobias Reichel initially awarded Schalke a penalty for a foul on Moussa Sylla but changed it to a free kick after video review, and a second-half Sylla strike was later ruled offside by VAR.
- The Veltins-Arena crowd of 62,077 observed a coordinated 12-minute silence from both fan groups as part of nationwide protests over proposed stadium security measures.
- Coach Miron Muslic said he was “incredibly happy, incredibly proud,” as Lasme marked his return from a long injury layoff with the decisive goal.
- In other German sport, national basketball coach Àlex Mumbrú returned to lead World Cup qualifying preparations after pancreatitis, while HSG Wetzlar’s seventh straight league defeat deepened its crisis with playmaker Dominik Mappes out injured.