Chapter 191: German Cup semifinals

After the Bundesliga weekend, Schalke's three most important weeks of the season are coming.
In the next three weeks, Schalke 04 will need a consecutive week of double matches, and they are all very critical, especially mid-week matches.
Next week, it will be the German Cup semi-final match day.
Next week, it will be the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
In the middle of next week, it will be the second round of the Champions League semi-final.
At present, Schalke 04 has basically locked the top four Champions League qualifications in the league, but also missed the championship. If Schalke wants to hit the championship this season, only the German Cup and the Champions League are left.
So Stevens has made arrangements in advance, the next two weekend leagues are not the team's key game, the midweek game is.
To this end, Stevens also deliberately asked Jackie Lee to talk for a while alone.
Because Lee Chenglong is currently competing for the Bundesliga Golden Boots with Lewand and Kisling, failing to play in the two league games is likely to make him fight for the Golden Boots for most of the season.
Li Chenglong can understand that everything is focused on the overall situation.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lee Chenglong and Lewandow together occupy the top scorer list, but both of them have to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals and will focus on the Champions League, so no one can take advantage of others.
The only concern is whether it will allow Kisling, who is three goals behind, to take advantage of it.
In fact, some German media have estimated that although Kisling is currently three goals behind, Lee Chenglong and Lewandre will be distracted in the Champions League. Maybe it will really make Kisling finally counterattack and steal the league golden boots.
For Li Chenglong personally, he is currently not only competing for the Bundesliga golden boots, but also competing for the Champions League golden boots.
In the two rounds of the Champions League quarterfinals, Lee Chenglong scored three goals, in addition to Ronaldo also scored three goals, and Messi scored one goal.
So in the current Champions League scorer list, Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list with 11 goals, followed by Lee Chenglong with 9 goals, followed by Messi and Irmaz, who both scored 8 goals.
Since both Messi and Yilmaz are out, in general, this season's Champions League golden boots, more should be the competition between Jackie Lee and Ronaldo.
Of course, others also have a chance. At present, Dortmund has scored the most goals by Lewand, who scored 6 goals, and Bayern has scored the most goals by Thomas Muller, who scored 5 goals.
In principle, these two people also have a chance to counterattack.
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On April 17, the day of the German Cup semi-final match, the Schalke 04 team came to Stuttgart in southwestern Germany and will compete with their opponents for the last spot in the German Cup final of the season in the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
In the previous day's game, Bayern slaughtered Wolfsburg 6:1 at the Allianz slaughterhouse and entered the final ahead of schedule.
Bayern took another step towards its goal of the Triple Crown, and it also had a certain impact on this game.
"Because Bayern has entered the German Cup final ahead of schedule, this contest between Stuttgart and Schalke is very important for both parties."
"Schalke naturally wants to enter the final to compete with Bayern for the championship. After all, their results are very good this season, but the league has no chance, and the chances of the Champions League are not great. On the contrary, the German Cup champion is what they look the best. A possible goal."
"As for Stuttgart, they are currently ranked 12th in the Bundesliga. It is impossible for them to qualify for the European War through the league rankings, so they must defeat Schalke. As long as they defeat the opponent to enter the final, they will automatically win the Europa League next season. Cup qualification."
"Because Bayern has locked in the UEFA Champions League qualification, so as long as Stuttgart enters the final, regardless of winning or losing, it will be eligible for the UEFA Cup."
"The same game will also attract the attention of other teams, especially those that are on the verge of qualifying for the European war."
"Schalke 04 is also almost locked in the Champions League qualification. As long as Schalke defeats Stuttgart to enter the final, the European Union qualification of the German Cup champion will be handed to seventh place in the league. This will give Borussia, Hamburg, Mainz and other teams see hope for the European war."
The German commentator has made the situation very clear. This game is Stuttgart's Europa League qualification battle. Have you won or lost in the European War?
In addition to competing for the championship, Schalke is also happy to sniper each other to prevent the opponent from qualifying for the European war. After all, Schalke lost to the opponent in the championship in the 06/07 season. Many fans have always been right. This matter is brooding.
With home court advantage, Stuttgart started offensively.
In the ninth minute of the opening, the opposing Ivorian full-back Boca sent a very accurate cross after the strong breakthrough Uchida Atsushi, but Macheda, who was in front of the goal, put the ball on the stand.
Stuttgart's most core Ibisevic was absent due to injury, and the impact was quite big.
Although he failed to score a goal, Stuttgart did play a threat, with great momentum, and it quickly paid off.
In the 26th minute, the opponent's Ollie striker Hannik stole Matip's ball in the backcourt. Before Hévedés made a replacement, he took the lead with a long shot and scored Schalke's goal.
This goal made the home fans excited, they saw a chance to reach the finals.
But soon Li Chenglong poured water on them.
In the 30th minute, Li Chenglong received a pass from Draxler in the frontcourt and made a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area. He sank his shoulders to the right to confuse the opponent and then dialed the ball to move to the left. The opponent's two central defenders were bewildered, and they moved to the right at the same time to clear the way, watching Li Chenglong break through from their sides.
After this breakthrough, there was a half-single-handed opportunity. After Li Chenglong put his right leg to pretend to hit the goal, after deceiving Stuttgart goalkeeper Ulreich, he then pushed his left foot.
Although the opposing full-back Hoagland desperately rushed back to the goal, just barely kicking the ball on the toes ~EbookFREE.me~ did not prevent the ball from getting started.
"Bruce Lee~~~Very realistic change of direction~~~A very beautiful breakthrough goal!!"
"Just four minutes after Stuttgart's goal, Lee relied on his personal ability to equalize the score."
Li Chenglong not only poured cold water, but soon continued to stabb them.
In the 38th minute, Li Chenglong made a reverse triangle pass after a breakthrough on the right. Kanter stepped into the penalty spot and volleyed vigorously. Schalke reversed the score.
2:1 is the final score of the first half and the final score of the whole game.
In the second half, Schalke took the initiative to slow down and focus more on defense. Stuttgart had been very anxious but was unable to score goals, so the entire second half of the game was dull. Bastos kicked a single shot in the counterattack. This is considered a game. Rare bright spot.
In the end, the two teams ended the game with a score of 2:1.
"Schalke 04 defeated Stuttgart in a 2:1 reversal at the Mercedes-Benz Arena and made it to the German Cup final again after two years."
"Because the opponent in the final has been determined to be Bayern, then this season Schalke 04 will play against Bayern in the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup at the same time on three fronts."
"In the league, Schalke is at a disadvantage, and Bayern has also successfully won the league championship. Schalke can be said to have lost to Bayern."
"In the Champions League, the confrontation between Schalke and Bayern has not yet begun, and it is difficult to predict who will win and lose."
"The final of the German Cup is still some time away. I don't know who will have the last laugh."
"But anyway, fans can see Bayern and Schalke play five games on three fronts this season. This is quite rare. For the first time in the history of the two teams, the two teams have played against each other five times in one season. Happening."