Roberto Di Matteo won 24 of 42 games in charge of Chelsea between March and November 2012
Former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo made a winning start as Schalke manager with victory over Hertha Berlin.
Di Matteo, who guided the Blues to the Champions League in 2012, took charge of the Bundesliga side earlier in October, replacing sacked Jens Keller.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gave the Italian a perfect start by heading in Julian Draxler's cross for the first goal.
Draxler then doubled Schalke's lead with a long-range strike to take them up to eighth position in the table.
They finished third in the Bundesliga last season, but Keller was dismissed after a poor start to the campaign that saw them win only two of their first seven domestic games.
Di Matteo's next match is back in the Champions League as Schalke, who have drawn both of their opening two games in the competition, entertain Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday.
This was Roberto Di Matteo's first management job since being sacked by Chelsea nearly two years ago
Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the first goal of Roberto Di Matteo's spell in charge of Schalke
- Published7 October 2014
