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Olympiacos - Schalke 1-2 - 18/09/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Huntelaar fires Schalke to Olympiacos victory
FC Schalke 04 got their UEFA Champions League Group B campaign off to a perfect start with victory against Olympiacos FC thanks to goals from Benedikt Höwedes and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Höwedes headed Huub Stevens's team ahead as the first half drew to a close, before the hosts equalised after 58 minutes through Djamel Abdoun. The Olympiacos defence was caught cold moments later, though, as Huntelaar won the game with a composed finish off a post. The Dutch international then struck the same upright soon after but with less success as his penalty rebounded to safety.
Match in 5
- Höwedes and Huntelaar fire Schalke goals
- Defender Höwedes heads in first-half opener
- Abdoun slots Olympiacos equaliser on 58 mins
- Schalke regain lead a minute later through Huntelaar
- Huntelaar hits post from penalty spot soon after
Reaction
We had a few problems in the first few minutes but then we took control and should have won by a larger margin. Overall we are really happy.
Huub Stevens, Schalke coach
We have a problem defending set pieces and we conceded one of the goals this way, but you cannot put our problems down to an individual player.
Leonardo Jardim, Olympiacos coach
Lineups
 | Olympiacos |  | Schalke |
| 42 | Megyeri (GK) | 36 | Unnerstall (GK) 82 |
| 2 | Maniatis | 4 | Höwedes (C)30 41 |
| 3 | Modesto 69 | 10 | Holtby |
| 5 | Paulo Machado | 13 | Jones5390+1 |
| 10 | Djebbour | 14 | K. Papadopoulos |
| 15 | Contreras | 17 | Farfán90+4 |
| 19 | David Fuster58 | 23 | Fuchs |
| 20 | Holebas | 25 | Huntelaar59 61 |
| 24 | Manolas60 | 27 | Barnetta79 |
| 35 | Torossidis (C) | 32 | Matip90+4 |
| 93 | Abdoun5869 | 33 | Neustädter |
Substitutes | |||
| 1 | Carroll (GK) | 1 | Fährmann (GK) |
| 7 | Ibagaza5875 | 11 | Afellay79 |
| 8 | Fejsa | 12 | Höger90+1 |
| 11 | Mitroglou69 | 20 | Pukki |
| 23 | Siovas | 22 | Uchida |
| 27 | Greco69 | 31 | Draxler90+4 |
| 87 | Diogo | 35 | Kolasinac |
Coaches | |||
| Leonardo Jardim (POR) | Huub Stevens (NED) | ||
Referee | |||
| David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) | |||
Standings
Group B
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arsenal | 1 | 3 |
| 1 |  Schalke | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Montpellier | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  Olympiacos | 1 | 0 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 90+4Draxler (in) - Farfán (out) (Schalke)
- 90+4Matip (Schalke) is cautioned by the referee.
- 90+1Höger (in) - Jones (out) (Schalke)
- 82Unnerstall (Schalke) is cautioned by the referee.
See also
Olympiacos
Next match played UEFA Champions League: v Arsenal, 03 October 2012, 3-1
Schalke
Next match played UEFA Champions League: v Montpellier, 03 October 2012, 2-2
Graham Wood, Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium: A slow-burner of a match came to life in a breathless second 45 minutes with both teams going for victory. Ultimately it was Schalke who proved more clinical in front of goal, with Olympiacos' defenders paying the price for losing their concentration after equalising.