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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Nico Rosberg has revealed Mercedes has been struggling for performance throughout the Belgian Grand Prix weekend and only just managed to resolve its issues in time to take pole position during qualifying on Saturday.Rosberg took pole by just 0.149s from Max Verstappen -- the smallest margin it has had over its nearest competitor since Daniel Ricciardo took pole in Monaco -- and the German said the gap in true performance at Spa-Francorchamps has been as close as it looked.We have had a difficult weekend up to now, especially this morning [in final practice], he said. We were seriously off the pace over one lap, so it really wasnt so easy coming into qualifying but we got the job done in the end.We really made quite a few changes on the car going into qualifying and we found the right way. It all came together and I was feeling good, so Im very pleased about that one.Asked what the problems were, Rosberg said: We just werent quick because its very hot out there and because the Pirelli tyre pressures are very high here for this weekend.So it was just a bit of a different world out there and we really had to change a lot of things and adapt, so it was great to see how we managed to turn it around and get there eventually just in time for qualifying. This morning in FP3 we were still quite a long way off the pace still.Sundays race presents a good opportunity for Rosberg to close the 19-point gap in the championship standings to teammate Lewis Hamilton, who will start from the back row due to an engine penalty, but the German is not expecting it to be straightforward.Well, happy to be on pole but the only thing is its going to be a very challenging race because the tyres are extremely difficult out there this weekend and strategy and everything is going to be very, very interesting.I think were going to see a bit of everything, then with Max being on supersoft and Kimi on soft theres going to be a whole load of things going on so it will definitely not be an easy one. 49ers Jerseys China Cheap . Wilson hit Schenn from behind during Tuesday nights game in Philadelphia, earning a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. 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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Schalke has gone from a historically cold start to one of the hottest teams in the Bundesliga in a matter of a few weeks.The season could not have gotten off worse for Schalke, which lost its first five league games -- a club record nobody wanted.Since then, however, Schalke has won five straight in all competitions as it heads into one of the biggest matches of the season in Germany against Borussia Dortmund.The Revier Derby, named after the coalmining Ruhr region, is the most anticipated match in the area no matter which positions in the standings the two teams happen to be sitting on.The coal mines are all but gone, but the passion of the derby lives on unabated.For many fans, victory in the derby is the only thing that matters in a season.Not so for Schalke coach Markus Weinzierl, who will be making his derby debut.I think more of long-term development. Its about improvement and the trend is positive, Weinzierl said ahead of Saturdays match in Dortmund. We are still trying to rebound from the bad start. We havent achieved anything.Schalke has a large, committed following, but the team is one of the notorious underachievers in the Bundesliga.It has not won a championship since 1958 -- five years before the Bundesliga was established.It went into this season with high hopes, which still might materialize. Borussia Moenchengladbach lost its first five games last season and still managed to qualify for thee Champions League, which is Schalkes goal.ddddddddddddThe club lured Weinzierl, one of Germanys most sought-after young coaches, and revamped the team in a major spending spree.It takes time to get the team to understand what we want as coaches and to use its strength, Weinzierl said. New players came into the squad relatively late. I had to get to know the players.Of the new arrivals, defender Coke, still has not played after injuring his knee before the season. Forward Breel Embolo had his ankle broken in a tackle just as he was beginning to show his potential.While new players largely sat out the first few games, they are now beginning to make their mark. Naldo, Abdul Rahman Baba and Nabil Bentaleb are usually in the starting 11. Yevhen Konoplyanka scored two goals in Schalkes 3-2 German Cup win over Nuremberg and one in the Europa League at Krasnodar.Bentaleb, on loan from Tottenham, also scored three goals in his last two matches.While Schalke seems to be reviving its season, Dortmund is going through a mini slum, wi