After four days of rest, the second leg of the fourth round of the Europa League group against Krasnodar ushered in at the Volkswagen Arena on November 6.
Three rounds of the Europa League group stage have passed. Wolfsburg ranks first with 7 points, followed by Everton, who have drawn three games in a row, ranked second with 3 points, followed by Lille and
Krasnodar.
Such a points format allowed Dieter Heijing to adopt a rotation in this game.
Chu Zheng, Rodriguez, Sebastian Rong, and Olic were all rotated.
There were no surprises in the result. Wolfsburg once again sent a big gift, sending Krasnodar back to Russia 5-1.
In another game in the same group that started at the same time, Everton at home beat Lille 3-0.
In this way, Wolfsburg, with 3 wins and 1 draw and 10 points, has locked in a promotion spot.
Even if Wolfsburg loses the final two rounds, Krasnodar and Lille will not be able to pose a threat at all. The only difference is whether the first or second in the group advances to the knockout rounds.
On November 9, Wolfsburg, which had successfully shaken off the burden of the Europa League, went into battle with ease. All members went to the Wiltins Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, to challenge Schalke 04, their opponent in the 11th round of the Bundesliga.
Schalke 04 is currently ranked 8th in the Bundesliga with only 14 points, but no one dares to underestimate this traditional powerhouse in the Bundesliga and Europe.
Especially after 2010, the results were second only to Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, and they either played in the Champions League or the Europa League every year.
Although this season looks a bit weak so far, its strength cannot be underestimated.
"Wolfsburg can now suppress Bayern, which is partly due to Schalke. It was their 1-1 draw with Bayern in the second round of the Bundesliga that helped Wolfsburg take the lead.
step."
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, He Wei was narrating alone today, and as soon as he finished speaking, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the screen.
Schalke 04:(4231)
Goalkeeper: Farman
Defenders: Uchida Atsuto, Hwedes, Santana, Fox
Midfielder: Kirchhoff, Neustadt
Attacking midfielder: Heger, Boateng, Moting
Forward: Huntelaar
Wolfsburg:(4231)
Forward: Olic
Attacking midfielder: Perisic, De Bruyne, Vierinha
Midfielder: Gustavo Gustavo
Defenders: Rodriguez, Chu Zheng, Naldo, Trasch
Goalkeeper: Benaglio
"Chinese player Chu Zheng continues to start this game. Now he can be said to have secured his position as Wolfsburg's main force. Knoch has been pushed to the bench by Chu Zheng."
"Today Trasch was at Wolfsburg's right back position. According to media reports before the game, Sebastian Rong was feeling unwell, so he was not able to make the team's roster..."
At 15:30, the game officially started.
However, as soon as the game started, a sudden goal stunned all the fans who were paying attention to the game.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Schalke, who attacked from left to right, took the ball on the left center line of the center circle. After attracting Wolfsburg's defensive focus to this side, left back Fox suddenly made a cross pass.
After Schalke 04 right back Atsuhito Uchida came up, he waited for the ball to fall on the wing 40 meters away from the goal.
Wolfsburg also reacted very quickly.
Perisic retreated to block the retreat, Rodriguez blocked the front road, and Gilavoj quickly came over from the center and closed the door to the center. The three quickly formed a triangle encirclement, surrounding Boateng and Uchida Atsushi.
People gathered around.
However, this was exactly what Schalke 04 wanted. Atsuhito Uchida did not stop the ball and passed the falling ball to Boateng.
Boateng turned his back to the goal and quickly passed the ball diagonally back to Heger who followed up from the center circle.
On the right front of the arc, Chu Zheng, who was sandwiched between Schalke 04 high center Huntelaar and Nardo, smelled a dangerous atmosphere.
He glanced to the right and found that Trasch was actually looking at Hegel who was catching the ball, and actually let Moting stand in the rib area behind him. Suddenly Chu Zheng wanted to kick this guy to death.
"Nardo! Cut off the line! Force him out of the penalty area! Don't let him kick!" After realizing the crisis, Chu Zheng pointed to the left side of the penalty area and shouted loudly.
Naldo was stunned by Chu Zheng's yelling, but soon he understood the meaning of Chu Zheng's words.
At the same time, Hegel, who was racing against time, stopped the ball behind him and immediately took a step forward, making a direct kick.
Seeing the ball coming, Nardo had a clear idea and instantly realized the crisis.
At this moment, Naldo was in awe of Chu Zheng. Chu Zheng's sense of crisis made his hair stand on end.
The ball drew an arc in mid-air and fell straight in front of Moting on the left rib.
Hegel passed the corner kick quite accurately. In order not to give the goalkeeper a chance, he stared at Moting's feet and passed the ball.
Moting turned sideways to face the top of the arc, raised his right foot and stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area, then immediately turned around to follow up.
Behind Moting, Trasch, who was lagging behind by more than one body, chased after him in panic like a bereaved dog.
Only then did he realize how huge a mistake he had made.
But one wrong step, every wrong step, it's too late to make amends.
On Nardo's side, after being reminded by Chu Zheng, he quickly retreated into the penalty area, immediately cutting off the connection between Moting and Huntelaar in the middle, and buying Trasch time to come back.
But he didn't completely follow Chu Zheng's wishes. He had his own judgment and chose a safer defensive strategy.
Outside the upper corner of the small penalty area on the left, Moting caught up and saw that Nardo was not pushing forward, so he didn't stop the ball, raised his foot and hit the lower corner of the far side post, instantly defeating Nardo's plan.
Suddenly, a powerful and heavy slash hit the ground and jumped from the left side of Benaglio in front of the goal post.
Benaglio was also a little unprepared for this goal. He did not expect that Moting would shoot hard from such an angle with a very low probability of scoring.
So he got off the ground a beat slower and watched helplessly as his outstretched fingertips passed by the ball.
The next second, the ball crossed the goal line and hit the side net behind the back post.
"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
At the moment of the goal, a total of 60,000 Schalke fans jumped up from their seats in the stands on all sides of the originally calm Veltins Stadium, instantly creating a huge wave of people.
The collective burst of cheers was like a passing hurricane, sweeping in all directions with breathtaking power.
At this moment, every Schalke 04 fan was filled with ecstasy. They never expected that the goal would come so quickly, so suddenly, and the first shot would be taken.
"Ah!!!!" Chu Zheng looked up to the sky and roared depressedly, venting his dissatisfaction.
On the sidelines, Dieter Heijing frowned. He clearly saw Trasch's low-level mistake just now.
At this time, he felt a little regretful. He felt that he had made a wrong decision and should have let Chu Zheng play as the right back.
In the penalty area, Naldo was extremely annoyed at this time. He regretted not listening to Chu Zheng's words and directly went to defend Moting.
What he meant was to cooperate with Benaglio and slowly block Moting's shooting angle.
As long as Trasch comes back, Moting will have absolutely no chance to kick. He can only take the path outside the penalty area.
He never expected that Moting would be so decisive and forcefully shoot from such an angle, and it actually went in.
"Nardo is also responsible for this goal. Chu Zheng has pointed out the direction for him to go up, but he did not go up. But it is understandable from Naldo's point of view. He is afraid that if he leans to the left, he will go up.
Leaving Chu Zheng alone in the middle will easily allow other Schalke players to take advantage of the situation." He Wei analyzed with regret.
"Chu! Sorry, I should have listened to you just now. I am responsible for this missed goal!" After feeling annoyed, Naldo found Chu Zheng.
"Your choice is also correct!" Chu Zheng, who had always kept a straight face, gave Naldo a smile.
He didn't say anything against his will. From Nardo's point of view, this choice was actually a safe one. He couldn't say that Nardo had done something wrong.
But it's a pity that he encountered Choupo-Moting, a fool, and scored a goal from a very tricky angle.
It can only be said that the opponent had both luck and strength. Putting aside Trasch's incompetent defense, the goal they conceded was not unfair.