Young Football Player

Schalke successfully passed the German Cup semi-finals, but the final will not start until the end of the league. There is still a long time, Schalke can put the German Cup final aside.

On April 20th, in the 30th round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 went to Hesse to challenge Frankfurt away.

In order to prepare for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Stevens only took a group of substitutes to the away game, and all other key players stayed in Gelsenkirchen to rest and prepare.

At the Forest Stadium in Frankfurt, Schalke, who played with all substitutes, lost 0:1 to their opponents.

But it doesn't matter, the Champions League semi-final is the most important game for Schalke right now.

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The Champions League semi-finals are approaching, and all kinds of related news have begun to fly all over the sky again.

This is the second time in the history of the Champions League that there has been a Bundesliga civil war, and it is still a super dark horse challenging the hegemony. German fans are very concerned about this series, especially the fans in the nearby Ruhr area.

The Ruhr area was originally the most popular area for football in Germany. This year, Ruhr area football has risen, and the Ruhr duo have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The price is sky-high.

Ticket prices for the Bundesliga have always been relatively cheap in Europe, but the UEFA Champions League is different. There will never be a shortage of spectators. Ticket prices follow the mainstream and are not cheap at all.

In this year's Champions League group stage, Schalke's home ticket prices range from 50 Euros to 100 Euros.

After entering the knockout round, the official price is 120 Euros, but most of the fans in the round of 16 bought tickets for more than 200 Euros.

It was really hard to get a ticket for the home game of the quarter-finals against the Cosmos team. It is said that someone was asking for tickets for 3,000 euros everywhere, but in the end they couldn't get their wish.

Now against Bayern in the semi-finals, the tension of the tickets is only worse than that of the quarter-finals.

Schalke reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, firstly because of increased exposure and attracting sponsors, secondly, Champions League bonuses, home game tickets and additional income, all of which can make the team a lot of money.

To put it simply, the money they paid for Jackie Chan at a high price last year has already been earned back.

The semi-finals of the Champions League are coming, and of course there will be a war of words between the two sides. Schalke and Bayern, Dortmund and Real Madrid will inevitably talk about each other.

But just the day before the Champions League semi-final was about to start, Dortmund broke out shocking news.

Dortmund's golden boy Gotze's agent broke the news in front of reporters, saying that Gotze would leave Dortmund after the end of the season, and Dortmund officials soon responded in the affirmative. Bayern and Gotze's agent have submitted activation documents to Dortmund. Application for liquidated damages, after the end of the season, Bayern will take away Gotze by paying liquidated damages.

At present, the liquidated damages in the contract between Gotze and Dortmund are only 38 million euros, but Gotze's worth is already close to 40 million. As long as Gotze nods in agreement, he may be forcibly poached at any time.

But the timing of this poaching is very subtle. The Champions League semi-finals are coming soon, but the news broke that the head star has switched to the archenemy. This operation is really suffocating.

As soon as the news broke out, Dortmund's stock price dropped a lot.

In the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, everyone is even less optimistic about the Hornets.

Seeing that Dortmund was poached by force, Schalke also felt sad. The issue of Li Chenglong's contract renewal and salary increase has been put on the agenda.

In fact, it is mainly to increase the liquidated damages.

At present, the liquidated damages in the contract of Jackie Lee is 60 million euros. Although this price is high, it is not safe, especially after the hat-trick with Barcelona.

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At 8:45 p.m. on April 23, German time, the first leg of the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League semi-final is about to start at the Schalke Stadium.

In this game, both sides sent a 4231 formation.

Schalke, who are playing at home,

Goalkeeper: Hildebrand;

Defenders: Fox, Matip, Hewedes, Uchida Atsuto;

Defenders: Kanter, Neustadter;

Avant-garde: Bastos, Draxler, Lee Jackie;

Forward: Macari.

Bayern over there,

Goalkeeper: Neuer;

Defenders: Alaba, Boateng, Dante, Ram;

Defenders: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Harvey Martinez;

Avant-garde: Ribery, Muller, Robben;

Forward: Mario Gomez.

Before the game started, the commentator made a data comparison between the two teams.

"Bayern Munich is the team that has reached the second most semi-finals in the history of the Champions League, after La Liga giants Real Madrid."

"This is the 15th time in the history of the Bayern team that they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Before that, they have successfully advanced to the finals 9 times and won the championship 4 times."

"As for Schalke, this is the second time in the history of their team that they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. They have never advanced to the final yet."

"In fact, the only time Schalke reached the semi-finals of the Champions League before, they were 0:2 at home and 1:4 away from Manchester United. They have never won a game in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and they even said Get a draw."

"If you look at the record of Schalke and Bayern alone, this season Schalke drew 2:2 at home and defeated Bayern 0:4 away. They are at a disadvantage."

"The last time Schalke was able to beat Bayern was in the German Cup two seasons ago."

"At that time, Schalke's winning hero, Neuer, has now guarded the goal for Bayern."

The commentator was talking nonsense, and the game officially started.

Since both sides know each other well, the game went straight to the point at the beginning.

In just 2 minutes of the opening, Robben found Muller through the front court, Muller returned the ball, and Ribery followed and hit the goal.

Although the ball was blocked by Hewedes from the bottom line, Bayern played what they should have at the beginning, which made Stevens feel cold on the sidelines.

Before the start of the game, Stevens fantasized that if Bayern were in a bad state suddenly, Schalke would have a chance.

But looking at it now, I think too much.

Just 3 minutes after Bayern's attack, Li Chenglong cooperated with Draxler in the middle of the road. After avoiding Harvey Martinez, he took two steps forward and swung his legs for a long shot.

The long-range shot went straight to the top right corner of the goal, but Neuer flew to pick it off.

Proudly going to the Schalke Stadium was full of boos again, heading for the "traitor" Neuer.

"Both teams started off well and we're likely to see a good game."

What the commentator said was good. Both teams are indeed in good condition, well prepared, and the pace of the game is also fast.

In the 10th minute, Li Chenglong broke through Alaba and sent a precise cross, but Macari's header missed the post under the interference of Boateng.

In the 17th minute, Alaba snatched Uchida from the backcourt and shot angrily. The ball hit Matip's arm, but the referee thought it was a passive handball. Matip's arm was also close to his body, so there was no penalty.

In the 25th minute, Robben made a cross from the right. After Gomez's header was ferried, Muller followed up and shot. Poke and shoot at close range.

Two minutes later, Jackie Lee responded with a straight kick through the defense of Boateng and Dante in the middle, but Draxler, who went around to hit the goal, didn't make any effort, and the ball was easily confiscated by Neuer. .

The two sides come and go against each other. The game is very enjoyable, but no goals have been scored.

Until the end of the first half, the sideline score was still 0:0.