At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on November 24 (20:45 p.m. local time on the 23rd), a key match in Group E of the 2011-2012 Champions League was contested at Bayer Arena, and the Premier League giants Chelsea challenged the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen away.

Bayer Leverkusen missed a great chance in the first half when Ballack hit the crossbar with a header; For Chelsea, Didier Drogba missed a solo shot.

In the second half, Didier Drogba scored from Sturridge's pass, Derdijock equalised for Bayer Leverkusen and Friedrich struck as Chelsea lost 2-1.

After this game, Bayer Leverkusen jumped to the top of the group and qualified for the first round of the group. Chelsea are second on eight points, with Valencia third.

Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen have only met once in the history of the three major cups, beating Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home in this season's Champions League group stage, with Luiz and Juan Mata contributing to the Blues and Fernando Torres providing two assists in what was also Villas-Boas's first Champions League game in charge.

Didier Drogba, Juan Mata and Sturridge make up the Chelsea attack, with Fernando Torres on the bench and Bosingwa switching to left-back. For Bayer Leverkusen, Ballack was on the bench for his 100th European match.

After the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, the qualification situation of each group is becoming clearer. Bayern, Inter, Real Madrid, Arsenal, and Barcelona have all confirmed the top spot in the group, and Milan, Benfica, Apol, and Bayer Leverkusen have also locked in the right to qualify in advance, but their positions in their respective groups have not yet been determined.

However, Dortmund will need to prepare for the Ruhr derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 three days later, which is one of the most famous derbies in the Bundesliga and even in Europe, and this game is sure to attract a lot of media attention.

The above will make sufficient preparations for the victory of the Ruhr derby, no one wants to lose this game that represents the dignity of both teams, the players on both sides are strictly abiding by the training tasks assigned by the coach during this time, everyone knows that at this time you must not drop the chain for the team, otherwise the fans will not let you go.

It wasn't until November 27 that the tension reached its climax, when the entire city of Dortmund was covered in yellow, full of Dortmund fans in yellow jerseys, and even the local city made a decision to take a half-day off for the game, otherwise the employees would be absent-minded at work, and even an enlightened boss would watch the touching game with the employees in the office.

On Saturday night, Beijing time, the 14th round of the Bundesliga was in full swing, and in a key battle, Dortmund hosted Schalke 04, and the 92nd Ruhr derby was also a contest between the 2nd and 4th places in the current standings.

The players of both sides were interviewed by reporters before the game, and they also mocked each other's teams, but there was no mercy at this time, and some of the grumpy fans even started fighting, which is a characteristic of the Ruhr derby, which has continued to this day.

Wait until Guan Peng and others sit in the home team's locker room, at this time Dortmund's home Signa? The stadium at Iduna Park was filled with the shouts of fans from both sides, and the atmosphere before the tournament was already extremely strong, and fans on both sides were already warming up for this fierce game.

"For the importance of today's game, I think everyone knows in their hearts, we are going to face the crazy Schalke in this game, but we Dortmund people will not be afraid of them, warriors, please use your performance to make the fans behind you proudly puff up their chests and go!" After Klopp finished speaking, he was the first to walk out of the dressing room.

"Victory!" Captain Kyle shouted loudly, and then followed manager Jurgen Klopp out of the dressing room, and the Dortmund players behind him also yelled and walked out of the dressing room.

In this game, both teams responded with a 4231 formation, Dortmund personnel changes greatly, S-Bender was absent due to injury, Guan Peng sat on the bench, Leitner and Blaszczykowski both appeared in the starting lineup, Barrios returned to the starting lineup, and Lewandowski served as a forward midfielder.

Schalke 04 played with the main force in play, Atsuto Uchida on the right flank, Baumjohn, Raul, Draxler and Huntelaar formed the front four.

"Hello Duan Xuan, today the two sides can be said to be the main force, it seems that both sides attach great importance to this Ruhr derby!" Zhan Jun looked at the starting faces of the two sides and couldn't help but wonder.

"Borussia Dortmund 4231 formation, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Piszczek, Hummels, Santana, Schmelzer, midfielders Leitner, Kyle, Lewandowski, forwards Gotze, Blaszczykowski, Barrios"

"Guan Peng suffered a little injury before this game, it seems that Klopp is for the sake of insurance, I think it is better to let Guan Peng stay on the bench, but let Lewandowski retreat to the forward position, we can see how Klopp's lineup effect is today?"

"Schalke 04 is goalkeeper Unestal, defenders Atsuto Uchida, Papadopoulos, Matip, Fox, midfielders Jones, Holterby, Baumjohn, forwards Raul, Draxler, Huntelaar"

It can be said that from the strength on paper, Schalke 04 is not weaker than Dortmund, and the cooperation between Schalke 04's forward combination Raul and Huntelaar is very tacit, and the door of countless teams has been captured, and Dortmund's defense will also face the test of these two player combinations in this game.

Moreover, the Japanese media is also very concerned about this game, in the last Dortmund vs. Mainz game, the performance of the Japanese national Okazaki Shinji undoubtedly made the Japanese media extremely embarrassed, so another Japanese international Atsuto Uchida is the person who the Japanese media thinks is stronger than Guan Peng.

Even, in Japanese media reports, it also appeared that Guan Peng has just not met with their country's country Atsushi Uchida, if the two are opposed, Japanese international Atsushi Uchida will definitely prevent Guan Peng from dying.

I don't know if Klopp will make such an adjustment in this game, so that the Sino-Japanese derby that the Japanese media is looking forward to will be staged again?

At the beginning of the game, Dortmund relied on the advantage of sitting at home and attacked Schalke 04 vigorously, dominating the field, and Guan Peng could only sit on the bench to cheer for his teammates because he could not play.

In the 7th minute, Piszczek handed the football to Gotze on the right side after a one-two with teammate Lewandowski on the right side, and after Gotze shook Fox, he distributed the football to Piszczek who continued to move forward on the right side, and Piszczek passed the football from the right side to the left side of the Schalke penalty area.