BERLIN, Sept. 22 -- Many footballers can tell a story about one particularly difficult game in their career. Most of them will most likely talk about a challenging episode when they had to return to their former club wearing the shirt of a rival team.

Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka is facing that tough type of game this weekend when returning to Schalke 04 as an employee of Bayern Munich. Schalke's supporters don't have a lot of time for the Bavarians, after seeing their best players end up there time and time again.

Most of the fan sentiment can be explained away by unrealistic fan expectations but footballers like Goretzka can't avoid having to go through this difficult fixture.

Goretzka played for Schalke for five years and joined the side coming from the second division. He developed into a top-class footballer and a German international in the Royal Blues shirt. For many of Schalke's fans, the 23-year-old was the promise securing future success. He was meant to help to win the first national league title since the Bundesliga's start in 1963.

But last summer Goretzka left and joined Bayern. He insisted on taking the next step in his career, but Schalke's fans felt betrayed by their former hero.

"Leon has a strong mind and will get along with the atmosphere," said Bayern coach Niko Kovac adding he would prefer to see "scenes we saw last Wednesday" when Benfica Lisbon fans cheered their former hero Renato Sanches as the Portugal midfielder returned to his hometown club with his new side.

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