Bundesliga 2017/18 mid-season report: 5 takeaways

#3 Schalke breathe new life under Tedesco

Tedesco has changed fortunes around at Schalke

German-Italian manager Dominico Tedesco took over the helm of affairs at Schalke at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, and its safe to say the club are seeing new light under him.

Second in the table at mid-season and unbeaten in the league for an incredible 11 consecutive games, the Royal Blues are turning into an intimidating outfit. Nothing sums up their resurgence more than fighting back a 4-0 deficit to level 4-4 against Borussia Dortmund in one of the greatest ever comebacks in Bundesliga.

A pensive mood engulfed the Rhine Valley when the club instated the relatively inexperienced 31-year old as the head coach in July, but six months on from the bold decision, it's all coming to fruition. Schalke are now fierce in pressing whilst also maintaining a taut defensive shape. Not has their game upscaled in the past few weeks, but the players too oozed a confidence that was painfully lacking in the recent years.

Tedesco hasn't just proved to be tactically astute, but also a great leader that the group can look up to. And the backing he's received from the players is unprecedented.

All the chatters of another crisis-ridden year are dying down, and Tedesco signals the dawn of a new, happy era at the club.