Chapter 138: First ball

On September 15th, in the third round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 came to Bavaria in southern Germany. However, it was not a challenge to the king of Nandan Bayern, but a challenge to the Bavarian clover Firth.
　　 Felt’s team logo is an obvious clover pattern, so it is nicknamed clover.
　　 Felt was promoted to the Bundesliga as the Bundesliga champion last season. This is the first time in their team history to play the Bundesliga, a very young and newly promoted team.
　　 In the first round of the Bundesliga in team history, they lost to Bayern 0:3 at home, but in the second round they defeated Mainz 1:0 on the away game. Overall, their performance was not bad.
　　Although the Champions League is coming in midweek, Stevens dare not care about it in the league and still sent the strongest lineup to play.
　　 At Fürth’s Thomas Sommer Stadium, Schalke’s 04 start was not smooth.
　　Because Firth is very resolute, they just completely block the goal defense and don't think about offense at all.
　　 Breaking dense defense has been a big problem in football since ancient times. Although predecessors have a lot of experience summed up, until today, there are still weak teams relying on dense defense to draw against the strong team, or even beat the strong team.
Throughout the first half, Schalke 04 bombarded the opponent’s goal indiscriminately, completing 10 shots, while Felt didn’t hit the goal with any kick, and rarely even hit the frontcourt, but the score board was on. It is 0:0.
　　 During the intermission, Stevens made some adjustments, that is, let Jackie Lee change to the left forward position and let Draxler go up to the right forward.
　　 The current team’s midfielder is Holtby. He is the team’s contributor to the team’s third place in the league last season.
　　 Holtby continues to occupy the front midfielder, Draxler can only go to the full-back.
　　 Lee Chenglong can play on both sides, but on the right it is more convenient for him to start and pass assists.
　　 But Draxler is not good at wing, plus he is a right-footed player, and he struggles to go to the left.
　　 "Bruce, if you go to the left, you have to find a chance to shoot inside, Lewis (Holtby), remember to pass the ball to Bruce more." Stevens arranged like this.
　　 During the national team game day, Stevens talked to Holtby alone. I don’t know what they talked about, but it seems to be somewhat effective.
　　 Because Holtby's fever has subsided recently, he is no longer so alone, knowing to pass the ball to Jackie Lee and Huntelaar.
　　 But his only constant is to continue not to pass Draxler.
　　Hub Stevens wanted to change his position to see if he could have some effect.
　　 For example, Li Chenglong goes to the left to find opportunities, or Draxler goes to the right to be activated.
　　 At the beginning of the second half of the game, Fürth continued their blocking defense. They were determined to block the goal and take a point.
　　 But their wishes soon fell through.
　　 In the 58th minute, Huntelaar withdrew from the penalty area to receive the ball, but still couldn't find a good chance to get the ball, so he divided the ball to Lee Chenglong on the left.
　　 Lee Chenglong caught the ball and swiped the instep of his right foot, and directly avoided the opponent's defender Nerich, then immediately swayed his leg and took a long shot from the left side of the front of the penalty area.
　　 The ball passed over the head of the opposing center back Kleine and flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal.
　　 Felt goalkeeper Marcos Green reacted a step slower, and when he pounced, the ball had hit the net behind him.
　　 "Goooooooal~~~~~~" The German commentator shouted loudly.
　　 "Bruce Lee, a very smooth in-cut long shot, Schalke finally broke through the opponent's defense, relying on Bruce Lee's long shot."
　　 "This goal is Lee's first goal in the Bundesliga and his first since joining Schalke 04."
　　 played three games and finally scored a goal. Lee Chenglong excitedly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
　　 "Congratulations, Bruce." The teammates also rushed over to wish him.
　　 After the celebration, Schalke 04's next game will be easier to play, because the team has opened up the situation.
　　 In the 61st minute, Huntelaar's header hit the crossbar and went out of the baseline.
　　 In the 65th minute, Holtby's long shot angle in front of the penalty area was very tricky. Unfortunately, the opponent's goalkeeper flew to save the ball from the baseline.
　　 But on the next corner kick, Matip hit the post with a header.
　　Almost everyone on the court can do something, except Draxler.
　　 So Stevens quickly made a substitution, and Barnett replaced Draxler.
　　Barnett is a former Swiss genius. He almost won the World Cup Rookie of the Year in the 2006 World Cup. However, he hasn't made much progress in recent years and has fallen far short of expectations.
　　 It may be difficult for such abandoned talented player to have a long-term outstanding performance, but it is okay to flash occasionally.
　　 Barnetta in this game is that after he came off the bench, he quickly completed an inverted triangle back pass after two consecutive people. Holtby scored a point in the middle and scored to help Schalke's 04 win.
　　 In this way, Schalke 04 won the newly promoted Firth 2:0 in the away game and won two consecutive league victories.
So far this season’s Bundesliga has gone through three rounds. In the standings, Bayern has undoubtedly occupied the top spot with three consecutive victories, but the second-placed team is a bit cold. It is Frankfurt. They also have three consecutive victories. But the goal difference is not as good as Bayern.
　　 You must know that Frankfurt is the newly promoted Bundesliga this season. Last season, they could not even compete with Fürth in the Bundesliga. They were promoted as the second runner-up.
　　 After Bayern and Frankfurt, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is Schalke 04, Dortmund, Hannover 96 and Nuremberg. These four teams all have 2 wins, 1 tie and 7 points.
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　　 After taking down Fürth, Schalke 04 immediately returned to Gelsenkirchen to prepare for the UEFA Champions League game that will come in midweek.
　　 On the day of September 18th, the Schalke 04 team came to Piraeus, a seaport city near the Greek capital Athens, where they will challenge Olympiacos, the Greek League team.
　　 Although Olympiacos is the most successful team in Greece, they played basketball well in the European war and they have not been able to play football.
　　 Their best result in the Champions League is the quarter-finals, far inferior to their domestic competitor Panathinaikos.
Panathinaikos has reached the semi-finals twice in the Champions League, once in the finals, but lost to Ajax, once in Ajax’s three consecutive championships, and once in Ajak. In the 1990s when the Young Guards.
　　Olympiacos is not good at European wars, and still holds an embarrassing record of 31 consecutive away games in the Champions League. This is good news for Schalke 04.
　　 After all, soft persimmons are more comfortable to pinch.
　　 And Huber Stevens also gave the order early. If he wants to qualify from the group stage, he must take all three points on Olympiacos, the weakest.
　　 Therefore, this away game Schalke 04 must be won.
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