Chapter 51 Lin Chen Didn't Make The Big List? !

After the match against Borussia, Schalke 04 also ushered in their first Champions League group match.

Home game against Portuguese super giants Porto.

Previously, when the group stage was drawn.

Schalke 04 was assigned to Group D. In the same group, Porto, the champion of the Portuguese Super League last season, Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow of the Turkish Super League.

The strength of this group is not strong, except for the No. 1 seed Porto, the other teams are not considered strong opponents, so Schalke 04 still has a lot of hope to qualify.

September 17th.

Schalke 04 and Porto have announced the squad for the match.

It was originally a trivial matter, but Schalke fans soon realized that something was wrong.

Why isn't Lin Chen in the big list?

This discovery suddenly made all Schalke fans unable to sit still.

The team's top scorer was not selected for the squad? Is Tedesco out of his mind?

Dissatisfied Schalke fans ran to the team's official blog to ask why the club didn't have Lin Chen in the squad.

Schalke 04 obviously anticipated the reaction of the fans and immediately issued an announcement.

Since Lin Chen joined the team late on loan, he didn't come and register.

This statement was also communicated by Tedesco and the club.

After all, compared to telling fans that Lin Chen is more willing to register for the Champions League in Real Madrid, the inner damage to the fans is negligible, at best it is a pity.

Schalke fans feel that it is a pity. With Lin Chen's ability, he can definitely help the team go further in the Champions League.

September 18th.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Schalke 04's first Champions League game officially began.

Facing Porto, the champion of the Portuguese Super League last season and the strongest in the group stage, Tedesco was not intimidated by the opponent's name.

This game is still a 3-back formation, placing most of the players in the midfield, hoping to strangle Porto in the midfield.

Although Lin Chen's appearance was missing, Tedesco did not let Burgstaller serve as the starting center forward, but chose the teenager Embolo from Monaco as the single arrow.

For Porto, the former Serie A meritorious bishop Conceicao also made some adjustments, forming a 442 formation.

In order not to cause commotion among the fans, Lin Chen did not choose to go to the scene of the game, but chose to stay in the base to watch the live broadcast.

The final result of the competition did not exceed Lin Chen's expectations.

Embolo, who started the game, did not live up to the expectations of coach Tedesco.

In the 64th minute, after receiving a pass from McKenney, Embolo pierced through the gate guarded by Casillas.

Then Tedesco made substitution adjustments, hoping to keep the 1-0 situation.

But in the 75th minute, Otavio's goal also failed to make Tedesco's plan come true.

In the end, Schalke drew 1-1 with visiting Porto.

After the game.

The German media have expressed regret for the result of this game.

Although Lin Chen did not appear on the stage, there were many mentions of Lin Chen by the media.

Many people think that if Lin Chen can play, Porto may not be so lucky to take a point from the Veltins Stadium.

Schalke's local media also looked forward to how far the team can go in the future, but most of them think that there is no problem with Schalke qualifying for the group. If they want to go further, it may not be possible.

Fans can't help but recall the scene when Neuer was still in Schalke 04.

In the 07-08 season, Neuer played 50 times for Schalke and played every minute of the 34 rounds of the Bundesliga, helping Schalke rank third in the Bundesliga.

After that, the team advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

In the 1/8 finals, he also met Porto, but this game can be called Neuer's battle of fame.

Neuer saved consecutive goals from Bruno Alves and Lisandro Lopez in the penalty shootout to help the team advance to the quarterfinals!

Although the team lost to the star-studded Barcelona in the quarter-finals, the fans are still very satisfied with the team's performance.

So Schalke fans very much hope that there will be a player like Neuer who can lead the team further in the Champions League on his own.

But at this time, Lin Chen, who was highly anticipated by everyone, failed to register for the game, which disappointed many Schalke fans.

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September 21st

When everyone was still immersed in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Schalke 04's fourth round of the Bundesliga match has arrived.

Schalke 04 will face Werder Bremen at home.

This small team, which has been playing in the Bundesliga for many years, also has some good results.

Interestingly though, the Parrots lose their best player almost every summer.

This is true for Gnabry last summer, Westergau the summer before, or De Santo who moved to Schalke 04 three years ago.

This year is no exception. The Danish international Delaney switched to Dortmund before the World Cup.

What is impressive is that Bremen changed their previous cautiousness in the transfer market and invested 24 million euros in signings during the summer window this year.

Directly bought the Dutch international Klaassen who joined as the team history king.

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September 22, the day before the competition.

The rosters of both sides are released.

Lin Chen, who has not played for a long time, also appeared in the starting list.