Young Football Player

On September 28, in the sixth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 went to an away game to challenge newly promoted Düsseldorf.

Dusseldorf is very close to Gelsenkirchen, that is, more than half an hour's drive, which is convenient for Schalke 04, and there is no need to travel long distances. After all, it will be the Champions League match in the middle of the week.

There are three newly promoted teams in the Bundesliga this season, Fürth, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, which is relatively rare.

Because there are only 18 teams in the Bundesliga, the annual promotion rule is that the champion and runner-up of the Bundesliga will be promoted directly, and the third place in the Bundesliga will have two rounds of relegation playoffs with the penultimate third place in the Bundesliga.

However, due to the overall strength of the Bundesliga teams, the annual relegation play-offs are basically won by the Bundesliga team, so the third place in the Bundesliga often means that it is difficult to upgrade.

Dusseldorf was the third place in the Bundesliga last season, but they defeated Hertha Berlin, the penultimate Bundesliga third place in the Bundesliga, 4:3 in two rounds in the relegation playoffs, and successfully promoted to the Bundesliga.

Since Düsseldorf is very close to the Ruhr area, there are also many Schalke fans in the local area. When he played away, Li Chenglong heard the sound of cheering.

Facing a newly promoted team in the away game, Schalke 04 is obviously more dominant.

In the 12th minute of the first half, Lee Cheng-ryong received a pass from Atsuto Uchida in the penalty area and scored with a strong shot to help the team take the lead.

In the 28th minute, Huntelaar also got an assist from another full-back Fox, and scored in front of the goal.

In the first half, Schalke 04 led 2:0 in the away game, and it seems that there is no problem in winning the game.

But after 70 minutes of the second half, Hub Stevens was making substitutions and adjustments to prepare for the Champions League in the middle of the week. Two goals directly equalized the score.

This Shaheen is not the talented midfielder who became famous in Dortmund. This is Dani Shaheen, who plays as a center forward.

Duesseldorf relied on the only two shots on target in the audience to grab a point at home.

Because after the score was equalized, the opponent started to defend pragmatically, and they didn't even hit the frontcourt once in the last ten minutes of the game.

But in this way, they still managed to hold a tie.

In the end, Schalke 04 lost a good game with a 2:0 lead in the away game. They could only shake hands with the opponent 2:2 and only scored one point.

After the away game was tied, Schalke 04 still ranked third in the Bundesliga standings with 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 points. However, the gap was opened by the two teams in front of them. 16 points, and Dortmund behind him also took advantage of this to catch up, currently 11 points, only one point behind Schalke 04.

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The away game was tied by the newly promoted horses, but Schalke 04 had to continue to look forward and shift their attention to the Champions League.

On October 3, the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Schalke 04 played against the defending Ligue 1 champion Montpellier at home.

In the group where Schalke 04 is located, Montpellier should be the biggest competitor of Schalke 04 to qualify for the group, so the direct confrontation with the opponent at home this time can be said to be crucial.

And Montpellier probably think the same way. They have already lost to Arsenal at home in the first round of the group stage. If they lose to Schalke 04, it may be difficult for them to qualify for the group stage.

At 8:45 in the evening, the match between Schalke 04 and Montpellier officially began.

"Montpellier were the Ligue 1 champions last season, but in the summer their most important player, Olivier Giroud, had moved to Arsenal, which took a toll on their quality, But as the defending champion of Ligue 1, Schalke 04 still needs to be careful." The German commentator was speaking in the opening remarks.

Standing on the court, Li Chenglong looked at the opposite lineup, and really couldn't think of how such a garbage lineup could beat Paris to win the Ligue 1 championship.

Even with the addition of a big Giroud,

It's not even a lineup that can win the championship.

There is only Giroud on the front line, and Belhanda, the Monaco native who is the core of the midfielder, suddenly broke out and played at his peak last season. These two people lead the team, and the rest are a bunch of ordinary players. Paris won the Ligue 1 championship.

Even their head coach Rene Girard is not a famous coach. He is like Stevens. An old fritter that has been around for many years.

The most intuitive manifestation is that after winning the Ligue 1 championship in an upset last season, only Giroud and Belhanda in the Montpellier team are more popular in the transfer market, and the other players are basically unmanned. Ask about.

But after the game started, Montpellier played very aggressively.

This is the first time in their team's history to participate in the Champions League, and they obviously don't want to just go through the motions.

Only 10 minutes into the game, Montpellier relied on full-back Stanbury to cross, Senegal center Kamara headed the ball, winger Fana followed up with a push and broke Schalke 04's goal.

"Be serious, keep an eye on your own people!!" The goal was broken at the beginning, which made Hub Stevens on the sidelines very unhappy, and began to shout from the sidelines.

Schalke 04's defense seems to always have problems recently.

He was hit in the head at the beginning of the game, and Schalke 04 was also woken up, and then began to attack vigorously.

If Giroud is still there in Montpellier, they may still have the strength to challenge Schalke 04, but Giroud, who won the championship last season, has gone to Arsenal, and their strength has indeed declined seriously.

In the 24th minute, Li Chenglong took the ball from the right, and made a fake move to cut inside, forcing the French full-back Stanbury to retreat, but Li Chenglong accelerated the ball and quickly went down the side.

Get rid of Stanbury, but then another Brazilian defender Hilton followed up again, Li Chenglong made a sudden stop in the fast dribbling, knocked the ball back with the heel of his right foot, threw the opponent away, and then took a step inside with the ball , Before the others came over, he poked the toe of his left foot and passed the ball diagonally to the back of the goal.

Draxler rushed to the goal and easily pushed the goal to help Schalke 04 equalize the score.

"Bruce Lee, a very beautiful continuous breakthrough, passing two opponents in a row and then sending out assists."

"It's a nanny assist, Draxler just needs to run into position and put his foot out to score."

"But it is indeed a very clever connection. Two players who are only 19 years old cooperate with each other to score goals. It has to be said that Schalke has an unlimited future."

Schalke 04 equalized the score, and Draxler, who scored the goal, rushed to Lee Chenglong very excitedly, hugged him and roared loudly.

Li Chenglong knew that this was the opponent's first goal in the Champions League, so he was a little over-excited.

After the celebration, the game continued.

In the 43rd minute, Li Chenglong personally took the penalty after creating a free kick in the front court, but the ball finally hit the post. This was the most threatening attack of the two teams in the first half.

In fact, both teams played unconservatively, but they just failed to find opportunities.