Young Football Player

The national team is back on match day, and soon it will be the Bundesliga again.

No., in the ninth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke went away to challenge the newly promoted Brunswick.

Since the opponent is currently the newly promoted team at the bottom of the Bundesliga, and Schalke's tight schedule is coming soon next week.

Next week, Schalke will go to England to challenge Arsenal in the middle of the week, and then rush back to China to play the first Ruhr Derby of the season with the Hornets on the weekend.

Two consecutive games are tough battles, so Stevens hopes that the team can win Brunswick at a relatively small price.

So in the away game, after Schalke took a 3:1 lead, Stevens began to make substitutions, successively replacing both Jackie Chan and Kevin Boateng to rest.

But I didn't expect Brunswick to get back a goal soon, and then continued to launch an offensive, trying to equalize the score as much as possible and grab points to avoid relegation.

This caused Schalke to play quite passively in the away game in the last ten minutes, especially Kanter was exhausted.

Fortunately, the opponent's offensive ability was indeed insufficient, and Schalke finally won the game 3:2 without any risk.

In other games of this round of Bundesliga, Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen have all won, so the top four in the Bundesliga standings have not changed.

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After winning the promotion, Schalke will prepare for the next Champions League game against Arsenal.

This is the encounter between Schalke and Arsenal in the Champions League group stage for two consecutive seasons, and it can be regarded as a very topical one.

And most importantly, the current stars of the two teams are very topical.

The relationship between Jackie Chan and Arsenal is naturally well-known throughout European football.

Many people may not know that Ozil, the current star of Arsenal, is a standard Gelsenkirchen native although he is of Turkish origin. He was born and raised in Gelsenkirchen, and later joined Entered the Schalke youth training camp.

However, in 2008, the 19-year-old Ozil chose to transfer to Werder Bremen because he could not get a chance to perform in Schalke.

In the two and a half seasons at Werder Bremen, Ozil quickly grew into a well-known star in the Bundesliga and was also selected for the German national team.

In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Özil shined. With this opportunity, he successfully joined Real Madrid and became a famous star in European football.

After moving to Arsenal this summer, Ozil also performed well, and soon became Arsenal's head star, a thigh-level figure.

Schalke's thigh Lee Jackie is quite related to Arsenal, and Arsenal's thigh Ozil also has a lot to do with Schalke.

Therefore, the two teams currently have an intertwined relationship in terms of their star players.

No., at the Emirates Stadium in London, Schalke's away game against Arsenal officially started.

Since the start of the new season, as strong teams such as Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea have experienced more or less turmoil after coaching changes, Arsenal seized the opportunity to perform well and currently ranks first in the Premier League.

So now this Arsenal team is completely different from the same period last season in terms of morale and combat effectiveness. It is absolutely impossible for Schalke to win a 3:0 away game.

In the away game against a high-morale top-ranked Arsenal, Schalke still played relatively conservatively.

Throughout the first half, the two teams played back and forth, but on the whole, Arsenal, who played at home, had a small advantage, but neither side found a chance to score.

During the intermission, Stevens also gave instructions, and he allowed the team to continue to be more conservative in the second half.

The Gunners at home are difficult to deal with, and it would be nice to be able to score a point away.

If you can get a point at the Emirates Stadium, go back home and beat them with all your might.

It would be an ideal result to score four points against Arsenal in those two rounds and to be able to overwhelm each other in terms of record.

In the second half, the entire Schalke team also implemented this tactic very well and continued to play conservatively.

But football is round and anything can happen.

In the 78th minute, Ramsey hit a world wave with a long shot from outside the penalty area, killing Schalke.

Li Chenglong had also suffered a lore before, but those were relatively ordinary games. This is the first time he has been lore in an important game like the Champions League, which is somewhat sour.

But as Stevens said after the game, this is just a group match, and Schalke can accept a small loss to Arsenal in the away game.

At the end of the game, Jackie Lee went to the sidelines to hug the gray-haired Arsene Wenger.

"Happy birthday, Arsene!"

Today happened to be Wenger's 64th birthday. Many Arsenal fans in the stadium held up banners wishing Wenger. Jackie Chan and Wenger are also acquaintances, so naturally they had to come forward to say a few words of blessing.

The Gunners won the game at home, which can be regarded as a birthday gift from the Arsenal team to Wenger.

"Thank you, Bruce." Wenger patted Jackie Lee on the back and said, "Your performance was average today. We won a game first."

"Don't be too happy, we will go back and get ready, and we will go to Schalke and wait for Arsenal."

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Schalke was lore in the away game, losing 0:1 to Arsenal, while in another game in the same group at the same time, Naples won Marseille 3:2 at home.

So in the current death group, Arsenal ranked first with 9 points in three consecutive victories, Naples ranked second with 6 points in 2 wins and 1 loss, Schalke ranked third with 1 win, 2 losses and 3 points, and Marseille lost all three games Bottom of the ranking.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Schalke's points ranking is no longer ideal, and they are in an unfavorable situation in the death group.

However, on the flight back to Germany, Stevens analyzed for the team: "Although the current qualifying situation is unfavorable, the next schedule is very beneficial to us."

"We still have three rounds to go. One round is to challenge Marseille away. At present, Marseille has lost three games in a row. It has almost collapsed. It is not a big problem to win the away game."

"The other thing is to play against Arsenal and Naples respectively. These two games are very crucial, but we are both playing at home and have home court advantage."

"Since the beginning of this season, we have been in excellent form at the Schalke Stadium, and we have maintained a complete victory at home. Even against a strong team like Bayern twice, we have never lost points at home, so we only need to show With the state we should have, we will definitely be able to win Arsenal and Naples at home."

"That is to say, in the next three rounds of group matches, we have a great possibility of winning three consecutive victories."

"After those three consecutive victories, our points will reach 12 points. You must know that in the history of the Champions League, no team has ever scored 12 points and failed to qualify for the group."

Stevens is indeed right. Although Schalke looks a little dangerous, as long as they win Arsenal and Naples at home, and then go away to get three points from Marseille, the team will not have a big problem in qualifying. of.

However, if you still want to compete for the first place in the group, you may need to win as much as possible when defeating Arsenal and Naples, so that there is a good relationship between victory and defeat.