Not only were Manchester United eliminated from the Europa League, their brothers from the same city also overturned.

Manchester City, with a roster worth 400 million pounds, was overthrown by Sporting Lisbon, which was worth only 68.64 million pounds, relying on away goals. It staged a game where Goliath was smashed by a young David with a slingshot.

tragedy.

Since then, as the favorites Manchester United, Manchester City, Ajax and others have joined hands to get out, the quarter-finals of the Europa League have also been announced, with La Liga and the Bundesliga becoming the biggest winners.

The La Liga includes Valencia, Atletico Madrid, and Athletic Bilbao, the Bundesliga includes Schalke 04 and Hannover 96, and the remaining three seats belong to Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League, AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, and the Ukrainian Liga 1.

Metallurgy of Kharkiv.

Schalke 04 and Valencia once won the UEFA Cup, the predecessor of the Europa League, and Atletico Madrid was the winner last year. These three teams are also the favorites to win this year.

Athletic Bilbao and Sporting Lisbon, which have eliminated Manchester United and Manchester City respectively, are the biggest dark horses, but whether they can be dark horses will have to be tested later.

The remaining AZ Alkmaar, Hannover 96 and Kharkiv Metallurgical were treated as big gift packages. As the Europa League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw ceremony was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the ownership of the gift bags also changed.

The dust soon settled.

The draw is very "free". There is no seeding team, and teams in the same league are not avoided. It is completely based on luck - at least on the surface.

The result made the miners of Gerkisenchen not happy, because they drew the dark horse Athletic Bilbao who had just defeated Manchester United to advance.

The other three groups are AZ Alkmaar vs Valencia, Sporting Lisbon vs Metallurgical Kharkiv, Atletico Madrid vs Hannover 96.

The game will start on March 29. Before that, Schalke 04 still has two league games to play.

On March 18, they challenged Kaiserslautern away from home, which is currently at the bottom of the league.

On March 24, they will face Bayer Leverkusen, currently ranked fifth, at home.

One will work hard to stay in the Bundesliga at the end of the season, and the other will work hard to squeeze into the European theater. Neither will be too easy.

Stevens has almost completely adopted the starting lineup of the Europa League, and considering that it has only been three days since they finished the Europa League, the thickness of Schalke 04's lineup makes fans don't know how to complain.

However, in order to prove that they are worthy of the club's contract, Huntelaar, Farfan and Yang Feng, who have just renewed their contracts, are very high-spirited. Not only do they have no complaints about continuing to compete, they also show great expectations.

Even Sauer recited it, "Although they just finished the Europa League on Thursday, coach Stevens did not adjust the starting staff. Schalke 04 sent three forwards again. Of course, Raul is now almost regarded as a half forward."

Use your waist..."

Raul, who was born and raised in La Liga, is not only superior in personal skills, but also almost as good as a real organizing midfielder in terms of organizational ability.

It is precisely because of his scheduling in the frontcourt that Schalke 04 can play smoother and smoother. However, the team's defenders still adhere to their fine traditions and gave the opponent a head early in the game.

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Tifet took a free kick from the right side of the midfield and hit the goal. Rodney, who was unguarded, flew in from behind and scored with a header from close range, making it 1-0.

Realizing that the fans have gradually become numb and lagging behind the start.

The frontcourt players remained calm, just silently returning to midfield, ready to kick off.

After about a quarter of an hour of warming up, Schalke gradually took control of the situation.

In the 24th minute, Raul passed a curve ball with his right foot from the right. Huntelaar ran from a distance and headed the ball slightly wide of the right post from 6 meters away.

In the 32nd minute, Fuchs made a pass from the left. Raul made a wonderful volley and kicked his heel in front of the point. Yang Feng pushed the goal but was ruled out for offside.

Three minutes later, Draxler's bow shot with his left foot from 25 meters away missed the opportunity slightly.

Until the 39th minute, Huntelaar received a pass from Raul on the front right side of the penalty area and then knocked it across. Farfan's left foot shot from the top of the penalty area hit the upper left corner of the goal, 1 to 1.

In the 43rd minute, Farfan took a direct free kick from 25 meters away from the left side but was saved by Siper.

2 minutes later, Fuchs intercepted the ball near the center line and dribbled the ball along the middle to initiate a counterattack. Huntelaar received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and fake shot with his left foot past Abel, then shot low with his right foot from 12 meters away and into the near corner.

2 to 1.

Huntelaar scored his 22nd goal in the league and once again topped the scorer list.

After the intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the 51st minute, Draxler broke into the left side of the penalty area and knocked back. Yang Feng intentionally or unintentionally led with his heel. Raul met the ball from 18 meters away and shot with his left foot straight into the upper right corner of the goal, 3-1.

Kaiserslautern tried to counterattack, but the offensive organization was poor and unable to threaten Schalke's goal. Instead, Schalke launched a quick counterattack.

Farfan, who performed well in this game, passed the ball in the middle circle. Matip made a cross pass from the left side of the penalty area. Draxler easily pushed the ball into the net with his left foot, 4-1.

The overall situation was decided. Farfan opened the scoring for the team, Huntelaar passed and shot, and Yang Feng also had an assist. The contract renewal trio delivered a perfect answer.

In the 70th minute of the game, Yang Feng and Raul were substituted one after another. Miners fans expressed their attitude with applause and cheers.

Duan Xuan couldn't help but admire, "Yang Feng and Raul have become more and more tacit in the game. They are a perfect match. Yang Feng is lucky to have such a big brother who teaches through words and deeds at the beginning of his career. It will definitely have a great influence on his future growth."

Extraordinary significance…”

Yang Feng couldn't help but encourage Raoul again, and said angrily: "Stay, there is no one in Arabia who understands you like me."

Raul rubbed his eyebrows distressedly and said, "Let's see..."

Many people now call Yang Feng little Owen or little Inzaghi, but in fact, in Raul's eyes, Yang Feng is more like another close friend of his.

Morientes…

The best partner in my career.

His off-court friendship with Yang Feng has not reached the point where he and Morientes were inseparable, even carving similar tattoos on their ankles, and treating each other as "the most important person in life" from beginning to end, but on the court they were inseparable.

The tacit understanding is similar to the one we had when we played together with Morientes.

There is a close connection between men and women, there is a love between men and women, there is a match made in heaven between strikers, Henry and Bergkamp, ​​Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema, etc., just like a prince and a knight, you know I will be there

When to pass the ball, I also know where you like to shoot.

In the past, I and Morientes were such a golden couple, but unfortunately due to various factors, they ended up falling apart.

Now, when I work with Yang Feng, that familiar feeling is back.

Although his position has changed from the much-anticipated prince to the escorting knight, he does not reject the feeling of being a wingman.

His era has passed, and he hopes to personally participate in the coming of another era.

The score was finally fixed at 4:1. Schalke won its sixth consecutive league victory and continued to follow in the footsteps of Dortmund, ranking second in the standings with 56 points.

Six days later, in the 27th round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 faced Wallerkusen.

Yang Feng, Raul, and Draxler all sat on the bench, while Obasi, Holtby, and Farfanpo came into the game.

Schalke 04 opened the scoring with Huntelaar, leading 1-0 at halftime.

Yang Feng came on the field in the 70th minute of the game. This time it was even worse than last time. He didn't even get any assists and gained nothing. Fortunately, the defense didn't make any mistakes this time and the score was 1:0.

After the game, Yang Feng received a failing score of 4 points from "Kicker", but some heartless fake fans not only did not gloat and cynicize, but instead were as happy as a holiday.

"It's too late, Xiao Fengfeng is in a scoring drought, what should I do?"

"It's a duck, it's a duck. What should I do if I get used to it?"

"It's only been two games, has your appetite been so spoiled?"

"Shocking! A certain young striker fell into a scoring drought that lasted for two games! Is it a loss of morals or a decline in status, a decline in humanity or a decline in ability? It can't be that he is exhausted, right?"

"The end is the Europa League, it's time to start."
Chapter completed!