UEFA Champions League - Matches

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Hilton (Montpellier).

Farfán (Schalke) takes the corner.

Camara (Montpellier) scores!
Schalke fans are left stunned as the 29-year-old hits a first-time curling effort past Lars Unnerstall from the edge of the area to surely earn his team their first UEFA Champions League point.

Huntelaar (Schalke) misses the target.
An unlikely miss from the striker as he side foots his first-time shot wide from six metres with just the keeper to beat.

Saihi (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Höger (Schalke).

Farfán (Schalke) takes the corner.

Jourdren (Montpellier) makes a save.

Afellay (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

Farfán (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Stambouli (Montpellier).

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) misses the target.
Predictably it is the Greek who wins the header from a free-kick but cannot get enough on his attempt. He has been very impressive though.

Congré (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Afellay (Schalke).

Cabella (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Neustädter (Schalke).

Camara (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Uchida (Schalke).

Camara (Montpellier) is flagged for offside.

Jourdren (Montpellier) makes a save.

Huntelaar (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

Afellay (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Cabella (Montpellier).

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) misses the target.
The 20-year-old looks a threat from every corner and throws his considerable frame into another attempt but the ball is headed over.

Fuchs (Schalke) takes the corner.

Camara (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Höger (Schalke).

Holtby (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Estrada (Montpellier).

Afellay (in) - Draxler (out) (Schalke)
What a shame for the young man. He showed some dazzling skill to win the penalty but fell awkwardly on his arm and has been taken off.

Huntelaar (Schalke) scores from the penalty spot.
Was it ever in doubt? The Dutch marksman smashes it away into the right corner with the goalkeeper left no chance.

Bocaly (Montpellier) is dismissed.
Julian Draxler shows some fantastic close control and is felled by the defender with the keeper to beat in the box. The referee given no choice and no one argues.

Draxler (Schalke) was fouled in the penalty area by Bocaly (Montpellier)

Jourdren (Montpellier) makes a save.

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

Draxler (Schalke) takes the corner.

Pukki (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Saihi (Montpellier).

Fuchs (Schalke) takes the corner.

Jourdren (Montpellier) makes a save.
A very good early effort from Teemu Pukki who forces the goalkeeper into a low one handed save as the 22-year-old hits one across him.

Pukki (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

The second half begins.
We're back underway at the Stadion Gelsenkirchen. Hopefully it will be another half like the last.

The referee blows for half-time.
Karim Aït-Fana shocked the home crowd when he bent in a marvellous opener from distance but an increasingly confident Schalke side eventually equalised through 19-year-old Julian Draxler who became the youngest German to score in the UEFA Champions League.

Estrada (Montpellier) is penalised for a foul on Pukki (Schalke).

Pukki (Schalke) misses the target.
The 22-year-old toe pokes from 18 metres out but can't get the accuracy on the shot and it slips wide.

Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier) makes a save.

Pukki (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Belhanda (Montpellier).

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) misses the target.

Fuchs (Schalke) delivers the corner.

Holtby (Schalke) misses the target.

Saihi (Montpellier) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Neustädter (Schalke).

Holtby (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Bocaly (Montpellier).

K. Papadopoulos (Schalke) makes a save.

Cabella (Montpellier) has an effort on goal.

Belhanda (Montpellier) misses the target.
We have already had two great goals and this could have topped them both as the 22-year-old beats three men before smashing one from outside the area but it goes just wide.

Draxler (Schalke) scores!
The goal was all about the pass from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who produces a defence splitter to put the 19-year-old clean through. He rounds the keeper and slots in. Lovely goal.

Huntelaar (Schalke) is cautioned by the referee.
The 29-year-old is the first to enter the referee's book with the typical striker's challenge.

Huntelaar (Schalke) is penalised for a foul on Saihi (Montpellier).

Fuchs (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Cabella (Montpellier).

Aït-Fana (Montpellier) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Uchida (Schalke).

Huntelaar (Schalke) misses the target.

Draxler (Schalke) misses the target.

Draxler (Schalke) misses the target.

Camara (Montpellier) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Stambouli (Montpellier) makes a save.

Draxler (Schalke) has an effort on goal.

Aït-Fana (Montpellier) scores!
An absolute beauty from the Moroccan who gets the ball out of his feet on the edge of the area and bends one past the despairing Lars Unnerstall into the top corner.

Höger (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Estrada (Montpellier).

Huntelaar (Schalke) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Hilton (Montpellier) makes a save.

Pukki (Schalke) has an effort on goal.
A flowing move from the German side finds Teemu Pukki but his weakly hit effort is blocked. A nice move from Schalke to find him.

Huntelaar (Schalke) misses the target.

Hilton (Montpellier) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Huntelaar (Schalke).
Could be the first chance of the half here as Schalke have an opportunity to whip one in to a waiting Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Hilton (Montpellier) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Huntelaar (Schalke).

Pukki (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Saihi (Montpellier).

Holtby (Schalke) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Aït-Fana (Montpellier).

The match is under way.
And the referee begins the match with Schalke beginning in their usual blue and Montpellier in white.