Schalke avoid record as Hoppe hat-trick secures first league win in a year

Schalke's American teenager Matthew Hoppe scored a hat-trick on only his fifth Bundesliga appearance to carry the struggling side to a 4-0 victory over Hoffenheim and snap the Royal Blues' 30-game winless streak in the league. Hoppe, who made his Bundesliga debut in November, chipped the ball over keeper Oliver Baumann after a superb pass by Amine Harit to finish off a quick break three minutes before half-time. The pair combined perfectly twice more for the 19-year-old Hoppe to score again in t...