Football miracle in the "Theatre of Dreams" or terminus of a fabulous trip to Europe: Without illusions, but with the last glimmer of hope for a final at Wembley Stadium comes Schalke 04 on Wednesday (20.45 clock / Sky and Sat.1) in Old Trafford for the semi-final second leg of their Champions League record for the English champions Manchester United at.
After the lesson during the first leg 0-2 and the following 1:4-swatter at Bayern Munich awoke before the trip to the island on Tuesday with Air Berlin flight from Dusseldorf in 1000 gradually the fighting spirit. "It is difficult in any case. But we know what's at stake, after all, we are in the semis, "said goalkeeper Manuel Neuer facing perhaps its last Champions League game in S04-shirt:" We are proud and happy that we have come so far, but we are also angry about the first leg result.
We have something irreparable. "However, the trip began auspiciously on the island on Tuesday little. Visa problems Schalke professionals Edu (Brazil), Jefferson Farfan (Peru), Atsuto Uchida (Japan), Ali Karimi (Iran) and Junmin Hao (China) delayed the flight to Manchester for about two hours.
As non-EU citizens require the players to travel to England for a visa. The club said that it had submitted all the documents on time. It had short-term replacement documents are issued. Meanwhile, intelligence chief Christoph Metzelder appealed to honor and fighting spirit: "This is not some game.
We have passed as a professional commitment to everything once more. "Coach Ralf Rangnick after the recent disappointments had no choice but to pay as careful groundwork. "With us, no one expects more," said Rangnick, who wants to try, to kick-off doubt and uncertainty from the minds of his players to banish.
"It is vital that we trust ourselves a sensation." A glimmer of hope is the possible return of defender Benedikt Höwedes of substances without the 23-year-old Schalke have lost the last three games. Höwedes has recovered from a stomach muscle strain and is trying to spread optimism: "We have learned from the mistakes we did against Manchester and Bayern.
I am convinced that we will do well. "Whether it's enough for deployment will be decided at short notice. "This is a close case," said Rangnick Also attacker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was on the plane to Manchester and is available after two-month break due to a medial ligament tear in his knee before his comeback at the Royal Blues.
Rangnick: ". Perhaps it is enough for him to use a short" The sensational 5-2 quarter-final first leg at defending champion Inter Milan is good even for Rangnick limited real encouragement. "As a team embodies not long ago the level of interactivity of Manchester," said Schalke coach, and the numbers support his assessment.
United is never eliminated in the Champions League after a two-goal lead from the first leg, lost in the premier class in their own stadium never with more than one goal difference and is this season in all competitions at home still undefeated. Metzelder looks the complete team in the compulsory and consistent teamwork is the only chance.
"If we want to create the miracle that we have to do more work with pigs the ball," How to win at Old Trafford, White Raul. The star forward and leading scorer of Schalke's Champions League quarter-final first leg, headed by United in the 1999/2000 season with two goals for Real Madrid.
Final score: 3-2 for the Royal - even this result would not extend Schalke on Wednesday. Manchester: Van der Sar - Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra - Scholes, Giggs - Valencia, Nani - Owen - Berbatov. - Team Manager: Ferguson Schalke: Neuer - Uchida, Höwedes, Metzelder, Sarpei - Kluge - Farfan, Jurado, Baumjohann - Raul, Edu.
- Coach: Rangnick Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal) 
After the lesson during the first leg 0-2 and the following 1:4-swatter at Bayern Munich awoke before the trip to the island on Tuesday with Air Berlin flight from Dusseldorf in 1000 gradually the fighting spirit. "It is difficult in any case. But we know what's at stake, after all, we are in the semis, "said goalkeeper Manuel Neuer facing perhaps its last Champions League game in S04-shirt:" We are proud and happy that we have come so far, but we are also angry about the first leg result.
We have something irreparable. "However, the trip began auspiciously on the island on Tuesday little. Visa problems Schalke professionals Edu (Brazil), Jefferson Farfan (Peru), Atsuto Uchida (Japan), Ali Karimi (Iran) and Junmin Hao (China) delayed the flight to Manchester for about two hours.
As non-EU citizens require the players to travel to England for a visa. The club said that it had submitted all the documents on time. It had short-term replacement documents are issued. Meanwhile, intelligence chief Christoph Metzelder appealed to honor and fighting spirit: "This is not some game.
We have passed as a professional commitment to everything once more. "Coach Ralf Rangnick after the recent disappointments had no choice but to pay as careful groundwork. "With us, no one expects more," said Rangnick, who wants to try, to kick-off doubt and uncertainty from the minds of his players to banish.
"It is vital that we trust ourselves a sensation." A glimmer of hope is the possible return of defender Benedikt Höwedes of substances without the 23-year-old Schalke have lost the last three games. Höwedes has recovered from a stomach muscle strain and is trying to spread optimism: "We have learned from the mistakes we did against Manchester and Bayern.
I am convinced that we will do well. "Whether it's enough for deployment will be decided at short notice. "This is a close case," said Rangnick Also attacker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was on the plane to Manchester and is available after two-month break due to a medial ligament tear in his knee before his comeback at the Royal Blues.
Rangnick: ". Perhaps it is enough for him to use a short" The sensational 5-2 quarter-final first leg at defending champion Inter Milan is good even for Rangnick limited real encouragement. "As a team embodies not long ago the level of interactivity of Manchester," said Schalke coach, and the numbers support his assessment.
United is never eliminated in the Champions League after a two-goal lead from the first leg, lost in the premier class in their own stadium never with more than one goal difference and is this season in all competitions at home still undefeated. Metzelder looks the complete team in the compulsory and consistent teamwork is the only chance.
"If we want to create the miracle that we have to do more work with pigs the ball," How to win at Old Trafford, White Raul. The star forward and leading scorer of Schalke's Champions League quarter-final first leg, headed by United in the 1999/2000 season with two goals for Real Madrid.
Final score: 3-2 for the Royal - even this result would not extend Schalke on Wednesday. Manchester: Van der Sar - Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra - Scholes, Giggs - Valencia, Nani - Owen - Berbatov. - Team Manager: Ferguson Schalke: Neuer - Uchida, Höwedes, Metzelder, Sarpei - Kluge - Farfan, Jurado, Baumjohann - Raul, Edu.
- Coach: Rangnick Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal)
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