Back when he was still standing outside the fence, Manuel Neuer is always ahead of his friends drove to the stadium. He wanted to be there when Jens Lehmann came to warm up on the lawn. Every movement of the national team goalkeeper studied New to imitate it in his next assignment in Schalke's youth team.
"At Lehman, I've copied the modern goalkeeping," said Neuer, now 25 years old and matured to Germany's best goalkeeper. Also on Saturday, many fans came early in the "Arena auf Schalke," to be there when the goalkeeper enters the field. However, not to worship him. Ironically, before the most successful season of his career, before the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Manchester United on Tuesday, the second leg a week later and the DFB Cup semi-final on 21 May against MSV Duisburg is the new bogeyman of their own fans now.
New had before the game against 1 FC Kaiserslautern probably the worst performance since he turned professional. On Wednesday, he had said, in tears, not to renew his contract dated 2012 for FC Schalke. That he is already change this summer to Bayern Munich, he did not say, and yet no one doubts.
In Gelsenkirchen, the outrage would not have been greater if new would have hired instead when arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund. When he arrived on Saturday at 14.53 clock in the catacombs in the sun-drenched arena, turned the disc jockey on the music: "Hells Bells" by AC / DC, hard rock against a few whistles.
But such posters were visible: "You always remain our Manu", "Thank you for 20 years Schalke" and "We forgive you." New waved knocked his fist on the club badge on his chest. He had expected worse. On his Facebook page had until Saturday some 16,000 comments collected at Neuer's farewell statement.
Many of them aim at far below the belt. The Schalke fans react like a castoff mistress. Schalke 04 is actually the love of Manuel Neuer. Always have been. "I grew up in Gelsenkirchen Buer district. Since you have no chance because they will automatically blue and white. Schalke was me in the cradle, "said Neuer.
When he was four years old, his parents reported at Schalke 04, it's age "Bambini". Since he could hold a flag, he made a pilgrimage to the stadium: "We have a clique of kindergarten and school friends and have us Buerschenschaft were called ', in our district. This was not a real fan club, more of a sworn friends.
"His father, a policeman at the Schalke stadium guard frowned. Early 90 Schalke had a veritable hooligan problem, so could New junior initially be accompanied to the games. "Later we went there with the tram and have placed us in the northern curve," recalls New. If it allowed the fledgling career of the talented goalkeeper, he also went to away games: "In my best season, in the late 90s, I saw Schalke 28 games.
Only for 1860 Munich, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC and to Freiburg I'm not mitgefahren. "With this impressive CV, Manuel Neuer to absolute role model of the fans, one of them mercenaries under louder. His old T-shirt from the "Buerschenschaft" he still wears under his jersey, and as it turned out 2008 with a broken metatarsal, "I've put on a hat and sunglasses, I'm incognito mitgefahren to an away game to Bremen and was kept there under the fans mixed "Its close proximity to the fan scene now makes him vulnerable - in two respects While in Gelsenkirchen." sacrilege "is shouted, to make some of the Bayern supporters mobilize against the" ultra-Schalke.
Thousands of "Koan New" signs ("No New") is extended against the goalkeeper when he ran aground in the DFB Cup semi-final in Munich. "This gives the impression that he has not been the hard-Schalke, which he has set to be. The fact that he fooled the fans and something far has evolved away from what he said two years ago.
We see this as similar to the Schalke, that is treason to the cause, "said Henning Tidelski from Munich Ultra fan club" crowd. " New is a classic dilemma. While the man would give his heart and the beloved Schalke 04 remain, it takes the athlete from there - leading to higher goals. "I want to come and take the next big step.
I want to permanently play at the highest level. This is the Champions League. And I want to stand on its own feet, that's better in a foreign city, "said Neuer. The fact that he moves to a time when Schalke 04 in contrast to Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup final and the semi-finals of the Champions League is, makes things more spicy.
Tuesday comes with Manchester United over a seemingly powerful opponent in the Ruhr area. Without their keeper in top form, that know the Schalke, they will have no chance against the sovereign leader of the English Premier League, Saturday in the League won 1-0 against Everton. You will need new, so they must come to terms with his wishes.
Understanding he does not expect, "When ten-year Schalke fan, I would not understand the decision, too. But I am professional and have a different view. "And goes back to his eyes as he stood still, even in the northern curve. When he was twelve years old, Jens Lehmann announced his move to AC Milan, had to swallow hard and new at the time: "But I can say is that I did not then Lehmann also booed.
He was my idol. " 
"At Lehman, I've copied the modern goalkeeping," said Neuer, now 25 years old and matured to Germany's best goalkeeper. Also on Saturday, many fans came early in the "Arena auf Schalke," to be there when the goalkeeper enters the field. However, not to worship him. Ironically, before the most successful season of his career, before the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Manchester United on Tuesday, the second leg a week later and the DFB Cup semi-final on 21 May against MSV Duisburg is the new bogeyman of their own fans now.
New had before the game against 1 FC Kaiserslautern probably the worst performance since he turned professional. On Wednesday, he had said, in tears, not to renew his contract dated 2012 for FC Schalke. That he is already change this summer to Bayern Munich, he did not say, and yet no one doubts.
In Gelsenkirchen, the outrage would not have been greater if new would have hired instead when arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund. When he arrived on Saturday at 14.53 clock in the catacombs in the sun-drenched arena, turned the disc jockey on the music: "Hells Bells" by AC / DC, hard rock against a few whistles.
But such posters were visible: "You always remain our Manu", "Thank you for 20 years Schalke" and "We forgive you." New waved knocked his fist on the club badge on his chest. He had expected worse. On his Facebook page had until Saturday some 16,000 comments collected at Neuer's farewell statement.
Many of them aim at far below the belt. The Schalke fans react like a castoff mistress. Schalke 04 is actually the love of Manuel Neuer. Always have been. "I grew up in Gelsenkirchen Buer district. Since you have no chance because they will automatically blue and white. Schalke was me in the cradle, "said Neuer.
When he was four years old, his parents reported at Schalke 04, it's age "Bambini". Since he could hold a flag, he made a pilgrimage to the stadium: "We have a clique of kindergarten and school friends and have us Buerschenschaft were called ', in our district. This was not a real fan club, more of a sworn friends.
"His father, a policeman at the Schalke stadium guard frowned. Early 90 Schalke had a veritable hooligan problem, so could New junior initially be accompanied to the games. "Later we went there with the tram and have placed us in the northern curve," recalls New. If it allowed the fledgling career of the talented goalkeeper, he also went to away games: "In my best season, in the late 90s, I saw Schalke 28 games.
Only for 1860 Munich, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC and to Freiburg I'm not mitgefahren. "With this impressive CV, Manuel Neuer to absolute role model of the fans, one of them mercenaries under louder. His old T-shirt from the "Buerschenschaft" he still wears under his jersey, and as it turned out 2008 with a broken metatarsal, "I've put on a hat and sunglasses, I'm incognito mitgefahren to an away game to Bremen and was kept there under the fans mixed "Its close proximity to the fan scene now makes him vulnerable - in two respects While in Gelsenkirchen." sacrilege "is shouted, to make some of the Bayern supporters mobilize against the" ultra-Schalke.
Thousands of "Koan New" signs ("No New") is extended against the goalkeeper when he ran aground in the DFB Cup semi-final in Munich. "This gives the impression that he has not been the hard-Schalke, which he has set to be. The fact that he fooled the fans and something far has evolved away from what he said two years ago.
We see this as similar to the Schalke, that is treason to the cause, "said Henning Tidelski from Munich Ultra fan club" crowd. " New is a classic dilemma. While the man would give his heart and the beloved Schalke 04 remain, it takes the athlete from there - leading to higher goals. "I want to come and take the next big step.
I want to permanently play at the highest level. This is the Champions League. And I want to stand on its own feet, that's better in a foreign city, "said Neuer. The fact that he moves to a time when Schalke 04 in contrast to Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup final and the semi-finals of the Champions League is, makes things more spicy.
Tuesday comes with Manchester United over a seemingly powerful opponent in the Ruhr area. Without their keeper in top form, that know the Schalke, they will have no chance against the sovereign leader of the English Premier League, Saturday in the League won 1-0 against Everton. You will need new, so they must come to terms with his wishes.
Understanding he does not expect, "When ten-year Schalke fan, I would not understand the decision, too. But I am professional and have a different view. "And goes back to his eyes as he stood still, even in the northern curve. When he was twelve years old, Jens Lehmann announced his move to AC Milan, had to swallow hard and new at the time: "But I can say is that I did not then Lehmann also booed.
He was my idol. "
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