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Schalke - Olympiacos 1-0 - 21/11/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Fuchs drive keeps Schalke on course
Christian Fuchs propelled FC Schalke 04 into the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League with a long-range strike that gave the German club a 1-0 win against Olympiacos FC.
Beaten down the road in Dortmund last season, Olympiacos knew avoiding the same fate in the blue-and-white half of the Ruhr Valley would leave them with destiny still in their own hands come the visit of Arsenal FC to Piraeus on matchday six. Their stubbornness promised to make it a frustrating night for Schalke, but the hosts were rescued by Fuchs, who fizzed home his first UEFA Champions League goal from 30 metres with 13 minutes left. Olympiacos have the consolation of a place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32.
Match in 5
- Brilliant late Fuchs strike earns Schalke progress
- Olympiacos guaranteed third, UEFA Europa League spot
- Home side work hard for victory against resilient visitors
- Greek side fail to score for first Group B game
- Schalke must equal or better Arsenal's final result to top section
Reaction
Our target has not been achieved. We will focus on our last match against Arsenal because we want to leave a good impression on this tournament.
Leonardo Jardim, Olympiacos coach
We were the better team. We wasted several chances but deservedly got the winner. The main objective was to get to the next round and we made it.
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Schalke defender
Lineups
 | Schalke |  | Olympiacos |
| 36 | Unnerstall (GK) | 1 | Carroll (GK) |
| 4 | Höwedes (C) | 2 | Maniatis |
| 10 | Holtby 71 | 3 | Modesto81 |
| 13 | Jones | 5 | Paulo Machado |
| 14 | K. Papadopoulos 39 | 11 | Mitroglou74 |
| 17 | Farfán | 20 | Holebas41 |
| 23 | Fuchs 77 | 23 | Siovas |
| 25 | Huntelaar90+1 | 24 | Manolas |
| 31 | Draxler89 | 27 | Greco65 |
| 32 | Matip | 35 | Torossidis (C) |
| 33 | Neustädter | 93 | Abdoun |
Substitutes | |||
| 34 | Hildebrand (GK) | 42 | Megyeri (GK) |
| 3 | Escudero | 7 | Ibagaza81 |
| 8 | Marica90+1 | 8 | Fejsa |
| 20 | Pukki71 | 9 | Pantelić |
| 21 | Metzelder | 10 | Djebbour74 |
| 27 | Barnetta89 | 15 | Contreras |
| 35 | Kolasinac | 19 | David Fuster65 |
Coaches | |||
| Huub Stevens (NED) | Leonardo Jardim (POR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Björn Kuipers (NED) | |||
Standings
Group B
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Schalke | 5 | 11 |
| 2 |  Arsenal | 5 | 10 |
| 3 |  Olympiacos | 5 | 6 |
| 4 |  Montpellier | 5 | 1 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 90+1Marica (in) - Huntelaar (out) (Schalke)
- 89Barnetta (in) - Draxler (out) (Schalke)
The Swiss player arrives to make his 37th UEFA club competition appearance. - 81Ibagaza (in) - Modesto (out) (Olympiacos)
Ariel Ibagaza comes on who has one UEFA Champions League goal to his name in his career. - 77Fuchs (Schalke) scores!
Christian Fuchs takes a pot shot from 35 metres out and the ball flies low into the bottom left hand corner of the goal.
See also
Schalke
Next match UEFA Champions League: v Montpellier, 04 December 2012
Olympiacos
Next match played UEFA Champions League: v Arsenal, 04 December 2012, 2-1
Schalke did what they needed to do with this 1-0 victory over Olympiacos. They now progress to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League along with Arsenal who beat Montpellier tonight. Olympiacos however will compete in the UEFA Europa League in the new year having finished third in Group B.