Schalke 04 2-4 Athletic Club: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 March 2012
Result
Schalke 04 2-4 Athletic Club
Europa League · Thursday 29 March 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Schalke 04 2-4 Athletic Club: match report
Schalke 04 lost to Athletic Club 2-4 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Schalke 04's goals came from Raúl (22') and Raúl (60'). Athletic Club scored through Fernando Llorente (20'), Fernando Llorente (73'), Óscar de Marcos (81') and Iker Muniain (90+3').
Discipline: Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Schalke 04 were 12th on 22 points from 12 and Athletic Club 10th on 23 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Schalke 04's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Athletic Club's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 20'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 22'Goal · Raúl
- 54'Yellow card · Marco Höger
- 60'Goal · Raúl
- 63'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 67'Yellow card · Atsuto Uchida
- 73'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 76'Yellow card · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 80'Yellow card · Iñigo Pérez
- 81'Goal · Óscar de Marcos
- 90+3'Goal · Iker Muniain
Team news
Schalke 04 line-up (4-1-3-2)
Timo Hildebrand, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Atsuto Uchida, Joël Matip, Marco Höger, Jermaine Jones, Julian Draxler, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Raúl, Jefferson Farfán, Christian Fuchs
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola