Luka Jovic matches his Real Madrid goal tally inside 28 MINUTES of Frankfurt loan return as £62m flop comes off the bench to net twice in comeback victory over Schalke 

• Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic only scored twice in all competitions last season 
• Zinedine Zidane loaned him out to former club Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday
• And the 23-year-old striker scored twice inside half an hour against Schalke 

Luka Jovic has wasted no time getting reacquainted with life back at Eintracht Frankfurt after bagging a brace in his first game since leaving Real Madrid on loan. 

Serbian striker Jovic only scored twice across 27 appearances in all competitions for Madrid and has initially failed to justify his sizeable £62million transfer fee.

The 11-cap international scored 27 the season before for Eintracht Frankfurt, earning him a move to the Spanish capital.

But Jovic, 23, has endured a nightmare time at the Bernabeu - struggling to find his best form and finding himself way down the pecking order under manager Zinedine Zidane and being shipped back to Germany for the season. 

And he has already matched his total from his entire time in the Spanish capital - taking just 28 minutes to pull it off as he netted a brace in his first game.

Within 10 minutes of coming off the bench in the 62nd minute, Jovic volleyed in a goal off a Filip Kostic cross in Frankfurt's 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Schalke. 

It was his first club goal since scoring in Madrid's 4-1 win over Osasuna last February, and his 37th in 76 career games for Frankfurt. Jovic then beat defender Ozan Kabak to score his second from two shots and extend Frankfurt's lead in stoppage time.

Andre Silva gave Frankfurt the lead in the 28th minute with a smart turn and shot after Schalke defender Sead Kolasinac, on loan from Arsenal, gave away the ball. 

Schalke responded almost immediately as American striker Matthew Hoppe beat the offside trap to level the score with his fourth goal in two games.

The result means Adi Hutter's side have now won each of their last four matches. 

It was the first game back for Jovic and the last for Frankfurt captain David Abraham. 

The 34-year-old centre-back is retiring from professional soccer to spend more time with his family in Argentina after the coronavirus pandemic meant he saw little of his young son. Frankfurt climbed to seventh, while Schalke is 18th and last.