But it's all floating underwater, and there are no signs of it, but the quality of the team's training is certainly not very good, at least that's what Slomka thinks, he's not a guy who likes to get angry, on the contrary, he's a gentle guy, but in this situation he's also getting angry a lot.

The team flew to Porto on March 4, and Zhang Yuan certainly couldn't go, and he texted every teammate with the words "Come on, guys!"

Neuer replied, "Don't worry! You will definitely be able to advance, we will wait for you to come back in the quarterfinals!"

Rakitic joked: "If you can treat me to dinner, I will definitely advance!"

"No problem, I'll celebrate you when you come back!" Zhang Yuan replied.

Zhang Yuan watched the game at home, Slomka considered playing away from home, holding a two-goal advantage, so he discharged a 442 formation, Altentop Jr. and Kuranyi partnered in the striker, he did not send Asamoah in this game, mainly to use the height of the striker, Asamoah is not as tall as Altentop Jr., and the header is not very outstanding.

In the midfield, Rakitic was replaced by Grosmuller, mainly considering that away defense is the mainstream, and Rakitic's defensive ability is very average, and today's main offensive play is long passes, and Rakitic's role is relatively small. Kobiashvili and Jones partnered in the middle, with Grossmuller on the right and Ernst on the left.

At the back, there are no changes, and the main lineup is still the same.

Porto is still in a 433 formation, there is no change in personnel, after the start of the game, Porto frantically launched a wild attack on Schalke 04, after all, two goals behind, Porto has no other choice but to attack, and must score as soon as possible, if you really let Schalke 04 defend the state, it will be really troublesome at that time.

In the first twenty minutes, Schalke 04 was frightening, Porto got a few good opportunities, but unfortunately the forwards did not grasp it, in the proud Schalke Stadium, Porto's short pass penetration, the use of two wings to impact Schalke 04 This style of play is not successful, but today in the Dragon Stadium, Porto has been able to succeed repeatedly, one is that Schalke 04's players are in poor shape today, and the other is that Ferreira has increased the strength of the fullbacks at home, resulting in Schalke 04 struggling to defend on the side.

In the 24th minute, Schalke 04's goal was broken by Lisandro López, Quaresma's bottom cross, Westman actually missed the top, López was alert to bypass Bolton Wanderers, header the goal, Neuer was powerless to stop, Porto successfully pulled a goal back.

Schalke 04's players were still in little form after the goal, with Porto keeping the game firmly under control, although they were unable to change the score in the first half.

In the second half, Schalke 04 still did not improve, lacking Rakitic's scheduling, Schalke 04's frontcourt attack was very messy, and Zhang Yuan's counterattack speed also decreased.

Slomka is still playing the idea of counter-attacking defensively, after all, Schalke 04 is still one goal ahead.

Porto still have the advantage on the field, but they have not been able to score for a long time, and Ferreira is also anxious, but he has no cards to play, and now he can only watch the individual performance of the players on the field, if the players in the front field can shine, maybe the game can be solved.

But the game has been going on for a long time, and I still haven't seen the flash of inspiration from the players of the Porto team, Schalke 04 is indeed guarding more and more orderly now, and Slomka has not replaced Rakitic for a long time because Schalke 04 is now guarding well!

In the 80th minute, Slomca finally replaced Rakitic, replaced Grosmuller, there are still 10 minutes left, he tried to use Rakitic's organizational ability, delay the pressure on the defense, to be honest, after holding for so long, Schalke 04's players are indeed tired, they just played against Bayern Munich last weekend, and the physical fatigue can easily be reflected in the last few minutes to lack of concentration.

In the 81st minute, Fuchile shoveled down Kobiaschweili and was sent off with a red card, Porto made matters worse and could only fight with ten people, Slomka breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Zhang Yuan in front of the TV was also relieved, one less person, with ten minutes left, no matter how you look at Porto, it is hopeless.

But Porto surprised everyone, they still had the advantage, and five minutes later, in the 86th minute, Quaresma dribbled laterally and fired a long shot from the edge of the box, the ball hit Westerman and refracted into the Schalke 04 goal, and Porto magically equalised.

The morale of the Schalke 04 players inevitably slipped, and Neuer angrily kicked the ball into the air, which he simply couldn't do anything about, too depressed.

Slomka covered his face in pain on the sidelines, a sad result that was one step away from regular season promotion and the rest of the extra-time or penalty shoot-out would be uncertain.

Zhang Yuan is also like a deflated ball, because he has a bad premonition, Porto has taken the lead, and his morale is much stronger than Schalke 04.

Porto were still able to dominate with one man less, scoring and then attacking Schalke 04's half, but they were not so lucky, and at the end of the 90 minutes, Porto and Schalke 04 played 2:2, and the two teams went into extra time.

Schalke 04, which went into extra time, was different, no longer suppressed by Porto, but occupied the top, it was not Slomka's tactical arrangement that played a role, but the Schalke 04 players gathered around after 90 minutes of play for a short meeting, captain Bolton hoped that everyone could unite and make team history.

Schalke 04 will be the furthest the team has gone in the Champions League if they can advance to the last eight this time.

Porto fell into passivity, Ferreira instructed the players to hurry up, Schalke 04 did not have much to do, Slomka had already used up the substitutions, and it was impossible to make substitutions, plus everyone was almost overdrawn physically, it was not easy to break through Porto's door.

Neither side scored in extra time, the two teams entered the penalty shootout, Zhang Yuan was nervous, the uncertainty of this penalty shootout is too great, the two sides are really 50% chance of promotion, no matter how powerful the goalkeeper is, he does not dare to guarantee that he can save the opponent's penalty.

Raphinha came on and shot down the middle of the net, but Elton misjudged and pounced on the right.

Porto central defender Alves came out, he volleyed hard to the right, but it was a bit positive, Neuer accurately guessed the direction and struggled to save the ball, Neuer yelled, Zhang Yuan stood up from the sofa and applauded Neuer.

"Sit down, sit down, you're fucking injured!" Mai Xuewen hurriedly pressed him, and Zhang Yuan remembered that his foot was still injured, so he couldn't be too excited.

Schalke 04 occupies the top, and then the two sides rotate to play, Schalke 04 behind Rakitic, Altentop Jr., Jones successfully took the penalty, and Porto's third Lopes shot was saved by Neuer, Schalke 04 defeated Porto 4:1 in the penalty shootout, and entered the Champions League quarterfinals in history.

The Schalke 04 players rushed to Neuer together, Slomka on the sidelines and the players on the bench also rushed to the field, it was a tough game, but in the end it was us who won!

Zhang Yuan was also very excited, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Zhang Yuan began to fantasize about whether Schalke 04 would go on step by step like this, and would go to the throne of the champion!

The next day, the players of Schalke 04 returned to Gelsenkirchen and were warmly sought after by the fans, which was a historic entry into the top 8, and now the players have made history, which they deserve, of course, there is one less person in this figure, that is, Zhang Yuan, the key player in the first round, but the fans have not forgotten him, and many fans also held high a large poster of "Lightning Boy" when welcoming the triumphant division.

Zhang Yuan didn't go to the greet, his current situation is really inconvenient to go out, he doesn't want to be squeezed to death by the fans.

Perhaps when Schalke 04 advanced to the Champions League round of 8, the team was injected with a booster, and on March 8, they challenged the relegation team Bielefeld away, and Schalke 04 won the opponent 2:0 cleanly, ending the decline of three consecutive defeats in the league.

After 23 rounds, Schalke 04 has 38 points, surpassing Karlsruhe and returning to fifth place, but they are 12 points away from Bayern Munich, with 11 rounds left in the league, and it is almost impossible to win the championship. Only five points clear of second-placed Werder Bremen, there are still hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

In round 24, Schalke 04 sat at home, and the visiting Duisburg currently have only 18 points and are in 18th place in the standings, the good news for Duisburg is that they are not very far from the previous points, and the bad news is that they are now on the relegation list after all.

So this game is very important for both Schalke 04 and Duisburg, but the last laugh is Schalke 04 sitting at home, with Kuranyi and Ernst's goals, Schalke 04 won the opponent 2:1, the points rose to 41 points, and they are still in fifth place in the standings.

After this game, Zhang Yuan fulfilled his promise, invited Rakitic and Neuer to dinner, mainly for more than two weeks, Zhang Yuan went to the hospital for examination, recovered well, and could go out for a walk, although he still had to use crutches and heel force, but he had been at home for so long, he did want to go out and go around, he used to live a very full life, and now he is injured and idle at home every day but hurts.

At first, he was injured, and there were many calls from his family and friends, who were very concerned about his condition, so he had to answer one by one, "It's okay, just rest for a month or two!"