The quarter finals from UEFA Champions League offered us a show that worth all the money. Schalke and Inter battled to obtain the qualification in the next stage. The second leg of the quarter final started with a big advantage of 3 goals after the first stage result, 5-2 for Schalke.
Teams:
Schalke: Neuer, Sarpei, Howedes, Raul, Edu, Baumjohann, Papadopoulos, Jurado, Metzelder, Uchida, Matip
Substitutes: Schober, Plestan, Junmin, Schmitz, Charisteas, Karimi, Draxler
Inter: Julio Cesar, Zanetti, Stankovic, Lucio, Thiago Motta, Eto’o, Sneijder, Maicon, Ranocchia, Milito, Nagatomo
Substitutes: Castellazzi, Cordoba, Kharja, Cambiasso, Materazzi, Pandev, Coutinho
Exactly like the first leg, Schalke’s players were more lucid, with more ideas in construction and with a Raul of genius. They started the scoreboard in 45 min. through Raul’s strike. At this time Inter is 5 goals under qualification.
A spark of hope comes in for Inter in 49th minute, after Thiago Motta puts the ball in the net.
Qualification with an overall score of 7-3 for Schalke is obtain in minute 82 when Howedes, served by Raul, scores sealing the deal.
Schalke will meet Manchester United in the next stage.
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