Chelsea 2-0 Schalke 04: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2007
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Schalke 04
Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-0 Schalke 04: match report
Chelsea beat Schalke 04 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 24 October 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Florent Malouda (4') and Didier Drogba (47'). Schalke 04 did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 36th on 4 points from 2 and Schalke 04 43rd on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Schalke 04 in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Florent Malouda
- 24'Yellow card · Jermaine Jones
- 47'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 57'Yellow card · Octavio Rodríguez Peña
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé
Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-3)
Manuel Neuer, Heiko Westermann, Marcelo Bordon, Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña, Tore André Flo, Fabian Ernst, Jermaine Jones, Carlos Grossmüller, Søren Larsen, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Gerald Asamoah