<p>Schalke won exactly one Bundesliga game in 2020, so its New Year's resolutions are clear.</p>.<p>The German club, now on its fourth coach of the season, is desperate to end a 29-game winless run and dreams of avoiding relegation.</p>.<p>Its resolve will be tested Saturday when it visits Hertha Berlin, which has just one victory in its last six games.</p>.<p>Should Schalke fail to win in the German capital, possible ignominy awaits when it hosts Hoffenheim a week later. Tasmania Berlin holds the Bundesliga record of 31 games without a win from the 1965-66 season.</p>.<p>“Schalke will desperately want to end their negative run, but that's not for us to discuss,” Hertha coach Bruno Labbadia said midweek.</p>.<p>“It's important to be positive and play without the fear of defeat.”</p>.<p>Schalke's last victory in the German top tier was January 17 last year, when it beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0.</p>.<p>When Schalke sporting director Jochen Schneider held the same post at Stuttgart, he hired Swiss coach Christian Gross halfway through the 2009-10 season with the team struggling. Stuttgart went on a run and finished sixth.</p>.<p>Gross is now on board with Schalke. Hired last week, he's the fourth coach of the season after David Wagner, Manuel Baum and Huub Stevens.</p>.<p>“It's about getting ourselves out of this situation together,” Gross said Wednesday.</p>.<p>“Everyone has to be ready to give everything and to fight for the team.”</p>.<p>Schneider said the next five months will be about "managing to stay in the Bundesliga.”</p>.<p>Schalke is in last place with just four points after 13 rounds.</p>.<p>Schalke has added defender Sead Kolasinac from Arsenal, but the loan won't take effect until Monday.</p>.<p>Former midfielder Gross had said in May that he was retiring from coaching. His third stint at Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli ended in February. He also coached Cairo-based Zamalek in Egypt. His last coaching job in Europe was at Swiss side Young Boys in 2012. He coached Tottenham in 1997-98.</p>.<p>“Christian Gross is experienced and knows where he wants to improve the team,”</p>.<p>Labbadia said. “I expect a hotly contested match because both teams need to win.”</p>
<p>Schalke won exactly one Bundesliga game in 2020, so its New Year's resolutions are clear.</p>.<p>The German club, now on its fourth coach of the season, is desperate to end a 29-game winless run and dreams of avoiding relegation.</p>.<p>Its resolve will be tested Saturday when it visits Hertha Berlin, which has just one victory in its last six games.</p>.<p>Should Schalke fail to win in the German capital, possible ignominy awaits when it hosts Hoffenheim a week later. Tasmania Berlin holds the Bundesliga record of 31 games without a win from the 1965-66 season.</p>.<p>“Schalke will desperately want to end their negative run, but that's not for us to discuss,” Hertha coach Bruno Labbadia said midweek.</p>.<p>“It's important to be positive and play without the fear of defeat.”</p>.<p>Schalke's last victory in the German top tier was January 17 last year, when it beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0.</p>.<p>When Schalke sporting director Jochen Schneider held the same post at Stuttgart, he hired Swiss coach Christian Gross halfway through the 2009-10 season with the team struggling. Stuttgart went on a run and finished sixth.</p>.<p>Gross is now on board with Schalke. Hired last week, he's the fourth coach of the season after David Wagner, Manuel Baum and Huub Stevens.</p>.<p>“It's about getting ourselves out of this situation together,” Gross said Wednesday.</p>.<p>“Everyone has to be ready to give everything and to fight for the team.”</p>.<p>Schneider said the next five months will be about "managing to stay in the Bundesliga.”</p>.<p>Schalke is in last place with just four points after 13 rounds.</p>.<p>Schalke has added defender Sead Kolasinac from Arsenal, but the loan won't take effect until Monday.</p>.<p>Former midfielder Gross had said in May that he was retiring from coaching. His third stint at Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli ended in February. He also coached Cairo-based Zamalek in Egypt. His last coaching job in Europe was at Swiss side Young Boys in 2012. He coached Tottenham in 1997-98.</p>.<p>“Christian Gross is experienced and knows where he wants to improve the team,”</p>.<p>Labbadia said. “I expect a hotly contested match because both teams need to win.”</p>