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In order to win the game away, Huber Stevens made some tactical changes to the team's formation.

In this Champions League game, Schalke 04 played a 442 formation in the away game.

The defensive line has not changed much, but the team captain Hewedes has come back to partner with Matip as a central defender, and the goalkeeper position is the young player Unnerstall starting. The old goalkeeper Hildebrand has been confirmed and probably will Missing two or three months.

In the midfield arrangement, Draxler, who performed poorly in the last game, sat on the bench in this game, and the midfield four were Holtby, Jermaine Jones, Barnetta and Holland man Afeilai.

And Li Chenglong was put on the front line to play double forward with Huntelaar.

In fact, at the beginning of last season, Li Chenglong began to play more like a striker after lighting up his running talent card. If he couldn't find too many opportunities on the wing, he would run into the penalty area. So it's perfectly fine to play forward with Huntelaar.

However, although he can play as a striker, when the player is registered, Lee Chenglong is still registered as a midfielder, so strictly speaking he is still a midfielder.

Schalke 04 has a 442 formation, while Olympiacos has arranged a 4231 formation at home.

At the beginning of the game, Schalke 04 quickly discovered that although the opponent was considered to be the weakest team in the group, they were not playing conservatively at all.

Obviously, they also have dreams, and they don't want to just hang around in this group and wait to die, being a fish belly.

In other words, their head coach Leonardo Jardim has a dream, and he also wants to lead the team out of this group.

Olympiacos has the home court advantage, they played well tactically, and they did a good job in offense and defense, while Schalke 04 had a better overall strength, so the two sides played back and forth in the first half.

In the 8th minute, Olympiacos hit Schalke's penalty area for the first time and also completed a shot.

This shot was actually quite positive, but the goalkeeper Unnerstahl, who was the first Champions League starter, failed to hold the ball in his first attempt. Fortunately, he rushed forward again before the opponent's striker arrived. The ball was held in his arms.

This really shocked everyone.

In the 21st minute, Li Chenglong received a pass from Barnetta on the line of the penalty area, quickly waded the ball into the penalty area, stepped on a bicycle and squeezed the Greek defender Manolas, but was knocked down by the opponent.

Li Chenglong immediately asked the referee for a penalty, but the Spanish referee thought it was a normal physical confrontation and did not give a penalty.

I have to say that the physical confrontation in the Champions League is indeed much stronger than ordinary games.

In this way, the two teams had offense and defense in the first half, but they failed to find any opportunities.

Seeing that the first half of the game was coming to an end, when everyone thought it would end in a 0:0 draw, the situation on the field unexpectedly happened.

In the 45th minute, the fourth official on the sidelines had already raised a sign indicating that it was one minute of stoppage time in the first half. At this time, Schalke 04's left back Fox dribbled the ball in and took a long shot.

This long-range shot was a bit sudden. Olympiacos goalkeeper Meyeri prepared a little hastily. Although he blocked the shot line, he failed to directly hold the ball at the first shot, and the ball dropped in front of him.

The ball was half a step ahead of Mayeri,

Just when he was about to pounce and hug the ball again, a blue figure had already rushed to him.

When Fox put in a long-range shot, Li Chenglong began to run towards the goal. As soon as the opponent's ball was released, Li Chenglong just rushed to the horse, bumped it head-on with his thigh, and directly avoided the ball with the ball, followed by an easy push Empty door.

"Goooooooooal~~~~~~~"

"Bruce Lee~~~~Beautiful follow-up shot!!!"

"Fox's long-range shot caused the goalkeeper to drop it, and then Lee came in time to intercept the ball, took the goalkeeper and pushed for an empty goal."

"Lee scored in his first Champions League game, and this is Lee's first Champions League goal."

"Just a few days ago, Li got his first goal in the Bundesliga, and now he has his first goal in the Champions League. He is proving his worth with practical actions."

The German commentator was talking about Lee Jackie's first goal, while the Greek commentator was talking about the situation just now.

"The opponent's striker was too sharp. As soon as Mayeri's ball was released, he rushed to it."

"Their goalkeeper once dropped the ball before, but we didn't have any players to grab it in time. When our goalkeeper made such a small mistake, the opponent immediately caught it. This may be the difference between the individual abilities of the players. .”

After scoring his first goal in the Champions League, Li Chenglong rushed to the sidelines excitedly, and celebrated with open arms in the stands of the Schalke fans. Soon his teammates also rushed over to hug Li Chenglong.

After Schalke 04 celebrated, the referee only gave Olympiacos a chance to attack, and then blew the whistle to end the first half.

During the intermission, Hub Stevens didn't make too many adjustments. After all, the team is currently leading the score. He just emphasized the need to strengthen the space tearing on the wing.

Li Chenglong switched to the forward position and reduced the number of times he went to the side to break through. In this game, Schalke 04's ability to tear the defense from the side has dropped a lot.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Olympiacos stepped up their offensive, but it didn't work for a while, so their coach Jardim immediately made a substitution.

Argentine midfielder Ibagaza, who has played for Mallorca, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal in La Liga, came off the bench and replaced Spanish midfielder Foster.

When he was in La Liga, Ibagaza could barely be considered a star, but now he is 35 years old, it can be said that he is almost old, and he is basically not a threat.

But just 3 minutes after the opponent came off the bench, he helped Olympiacos equalize the score.

In the 59th minute, Ibagaza found the gap between Matip and Jones, passed the ball with a through ball, and assisted the Algerian Abbotton to push the goal.

Now Schalke 04 is a little speechless, just change a bad old man to pass the ball, and this TM equalizes the score.

Fortunately, while the opponent strengthened their offense, Schalke 04 also had more opportunities.

In the 62nd minute, Li Chenglong entered the penalty area and hit the goal after cooperating with Huntelaar in the middle, but the ball was blocked by the opponent's defender Contreras from the bottom line.

However, relying on this corner kick opportunity, Huntelaar overwhelmed the opposing defender Hollebas with a header and helped Schalke 04 take the lead again.

Olympiacos just equalized the score three minutes later, and Schalke 04 once again exceeded the score, which invisibly speeded up the pace of the game.

In the 73rd minute, Li Chenglong dribbled a quick counterattack and was brought down by the opponent. Schalke 04 won a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt.

After joining Schalke 04, Li Chenglong quickly became the team's first free kick shooter, and there is no doubt that the ball will be taken by him.

Li Chenglong is familiar with the run-up to hit the goal, and he pulls out a very good arc ball with his right foot. Seeing that the ball is about to fly into the upper right corner of the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper rushed over and lifted the ball out of the crossbar with one hand.

"Meyeri~~~Meyeri made a very beautiful save. This time he proved himself, he saved the must-have goal." The Greek commentator was cheering wildly for his goalkeeper.

"When Bruce Lee was in the Scottish League, he had the title of Scottish Beckham. This is the first time since he joined Schalke 04, he showed his superb free kick level." The German commentator said.

"It's a pity that the ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper."

Although Li Chenglong's free kick was not scored, Schalke 04 is still in the lead and there is no need to worry.

Game time is becoming less and less, which is the best point for Schalke 04.

Olympiacos is still making substitutions, and they need to continue to strengthen their offense.

Under the command of Stevens, Schalke 04 began to shrink their formation and played a defensive counterattack.

In the 82nd minute, Schalke 04 got another good chance to counterattack. Holtby made a long pass to find Li Chenglong in the frontcourt. He was tripped by the opponent stretching out his foot from behind.

Li Chenglong was lying in the penalty area, spreading his hands and looking at the referee.

This is an obvious penalty, right?

This time the referee did not hesitate, and immediately awarded a penalty and also gave Manolas a yellow card.

Although Li Chenglong is Schalke 04's first free kick, but in terms of penalties, Li Chenglong is only the second choice, and Huntelaar is the first penalty shooter.

With Huntelaar's penalty kick, Schalke 04 also sealed the victory.

As a result, Schalke 04 won Olympiacos 3:1 in the away game and achieved the first victory of the Champions League this season.

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