Schalke win German Super Cup after beat Dortmund on penalty shootout

Schalke 04 earned German Super Cup through penalty shootout, The Royal Blues beat the Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund,4-3. The game was played at the Arena auf Schalke in front of a sellout crowds of 61,673 as Schalke win their first German Super Cup title.

Ralf Faehrmann, signed to replace Manuel Neuer as Schalke's goalkeeper, made a spectacular debut on Saturday. He saved two penalties in the shootout from Dortmund's Kevin Grosskreutz and Ivan Perisic, while Schalke scored all their four needed penalties.

Ilkay Gundogan and Mats Hummels scored Dortmund's opening kicks while Schalke did likewise through Lewis Holtby and Edu, but Grosskreutz missed to heap the pressure on the champions.

Moritz Leitner's successful shoot kept Dortmund in at as Schalke stayed perfect with efforts from Benedikt Howedes and Jose Manuel Jurado, but the game was up for Jurgen Klopp's men when Perisic failed to convert.

The German Super Cup was officially reinstated by the German federation (DFB) last year after a 14 year absence.

Dortmund vs Schalke 04, Highlights:

Lineups:

Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller; Lukasz Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Mats Hummels, Chris Lowe (Moritz Leitner '77), Sebastian Kehl (Ivan Perisic '75), Ilkay Gundogan, Mario Gotze (Sven Bender '75), Kevin Großkreutz, Shinji Kagawa.

Schalke 04: Ralf Fahrmann; Marco Hoger, Benedikt Howedes, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christian Fuchs, Joel Matip, Lewis Holtby, Alexander Baumjohann (Edu '89), Julian Draxler (Jose Manuel Jurado '46), Raul Gonzales, Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Jan Moravek '69).

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