[UCL] Schalke 04 vs Manchester United

[UCL] Schalke 04 vs Manchester United

[UCL] Schalke vs Man Utd
Rabu, 27 April 2011
Kick Off : 01.45 WIB
Venue : VELTINS-Arena Stadium


Schalke 04 vs Manchester United

Semifinal UCL kali ini merupakan pencapaian terbaik Schalke 04, bagaikan kuda hitam yang berlari kencang melibas semua lawan-lawan yang menghadangnya, korban terakhir adalah sang juara bertahan Inter Milan yang mereka sikat dengan keunggulan gol aggregat 7-3 (setlah di kandang Inter mereka menang telak 5-2), korban sebelumnya adalah sang kelelawar Spanyol, Valencia yang takluk 3-1 di kandang Schalke setelah di Mestalla hanya mampu bermain imbang 1-1. Di fase group prestasi mereka juga cukup meyakinkan dengan hanya sekali kalah dan sekali draw (keduanya saat match tandang), selebihnya 4 kali meraih kemenangan (berarti 3 kali laga home serta sekali away).

Satu nama yang menjadi icon Schalke o4 saat ini adalah sang pangeran Madrid, Raul Gonzales, yang sepertinya kembali menemukan energinya sesaat setelah mengambil keputusan untuk meninggalkan Madrid dan bergabung dengan club Jerman ini.

United mesti benar-benar mewaspadai aksi-aksi Schalke players yang sepertinya akan berkonsentrasi penuh di ajang UCL dengan melepas kompetisi lokal mereka (bundes liga), saat ini berada di peringkat 10 dari 18 club dengan "hanya" 11 kali menang, 7 draw serta 12 kali menelan kekalahan, goal different 1 (35-34)

tampak benar nafsu Schalke 04 ini untuk mengukir sejarah di level Eropa, dan itu telah mereka bangun dengan apik dan telah berhasil mencapai partai semifinal


Schalke 04 vs Manchester United, head to head

laga semifinal kali ini merupakan pertemuan resmi yang pertama bagi kedua club

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Schalke (4-4-2): Neuer; Uchida, Metzelder, Howedes, Sarpei; Baumjohann, Matip, Papadopoulos, Jurado; Edu, Raul.

Benedikt Howedes is a doubt for the hosts and could join an injured list which includes Peer Kluge, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Pander, Mario Gavranovic, Christop Moritz and Tim Hoogland.

Manchester United (4-4-2): Van der Sar; Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Giggs, Park; Rooney, Hernandez.

The vistors are expected to bring Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs back to the starting line-up after they were all rested at the weekend. Rafael may get the nod at right-back whilst striker Dimitar Berbatov is a doubt and Darren Fletcher is still to return to full fitness after a virus.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Schalke have won every single one of their home matches in the Champions League this season.

• Striker Raul (pictured right) has won the Champions League three times, all as a Real Madrid player, as many times as United have won the competition.

• This is Schalke’s first ever appearance in the last four of the Champions League and also their first ever tie against Manchester United.

• Schalke currently sit 10th in the Bundesliga, 29 points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

• Ralf Rangnick's side warmed up for the semi-final with a 1-0 home defeat to Kaiserslautern

• Manchester United are yet to concede a goal on their travels this season, and have won four and drawn one of their five away games.

• Ryan Giggs is the sole survivor of the Manchester United team that famously defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 in the 1999 Champions League final courtesy of late goals from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham. Paul Scholes was suspended and missed the final at Camp Nou.

• The Red Devils have never won a two-legged knockout tie against German opposition. They have lost all four attempts, most recently against Bayern Munich last season in the quarter-finals.  

• Michael Owen scored a hat-trick on his last appearance on German soil. The striker bagged all three goals as United beat Wolfsburg 3-1 in the group stages last season. 

• Sir Alex Ferguson has led United to six Champions League semi-finals, his record is won three, lost three.

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