Chapter 319: Champions Cup Final Four
April 13. Pen Fun & Court www.biquge.info Schalke hosted the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Schalke beat Inter Milan with an incredible score of 7-2 away in the first leg, and the battle for a place in the semi-finals has basically lost suspense. In this game, Farfan accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, and Metzelder also returned from injury. On the other hand, Inter Milan Zivo was suspended for a red card, but Lucio returned from the ban, Cambiaso served as his substitute, and Japanese defender Yuto Nagatomo also started in this game.
Uncle Deepp has already announced the lineups of both sides on the spot, and he is in a good mood, so even his tone has become very relaxed: "Inter Milan's goalkeeper is still Cesar, and they have not changed seven goals in the last game, so they are too relieved for him." Defenders McConn, Lucio, Ranocchia and Yuto Nagatomo, can we really stop Schalke with two people in the back? I think it's too hanging! There was no East Asian derby before this game, and the reporters have been taught a lesson by Ai Fan, but fortunately, these people still have memories. Midfielders Zanetti, Motta, Stankovic and Sneijder, the midfield combination should be world-class, but the problem is that when they face our midfield, four are not as good as one. The forward line is still Cheetah Eto'o and Milito, Eto'o has nothing to say, but Milito is no longer as brave as last year. ”
He paused, took a sip of water, then raised his voice and began to talk about his players: "Neuer is of course still the main goalkeeper, as long as he is in our backfield, he is very solid. At the back, Escudero, Hovidez, Metzeld and Papadopoulos, which are also our strongest defensive combinations, have no objections. Midfielders Annan, Joel Matip, Jurado and Holtby are also our main line-ups. Strikers Pukki and Raul can be said to be the most reassuring in the winter transfer right now. Someone will definitely hear the problem, yes, Ai Huan didn't start today, he just sat on the bench, but we have won 7-2 in the last game, this game doesn't need Ai Huan to play hard anymore, he should be more threatening on the bench than on the field. ”
He paused again, and suddenly seemed to have discovered a new continent, "Have you noticed, there is a familiar face in the audience today, and Mr. Ferguson, the old man of Manchester United, has also appeared, it seems that Manchester United, who qualified yesterday, is thinking about how to crack us at our home stadium today." Please welcome Mr. Ferguson with a round of applause. ”
Since almost all the fans were in a good mood, they really welcomed Mr. Ferguson with a very warm applause, and Ferguson stood up and waved without stage fright, and the old man immediately appeared on the big screen on the sidelines.
And the big screen did not stop because Uncle Deep's introduction ended, but continued to move around the field, as if looking for someone, and finally stopped in the direction of the VIP area, although it was only a flash, but there were still sharp-eyed people who saw the figure of a woman.
But this time Uncle Deepp didn't introduce anything, as if he didn't see it at all, and the audience thought it was just an ordinary fan, so they didn't pay attention to it, but Ai Huan, who was sitting on the bench, knew that it was Jennifer, Jennifer hadn't been to the scene to watch the game for a long time, and this time it was a distraction, but the Schalke club still arranged her to the VIP room very intimately, and they didn't know what to say about some things, so they had to open their eyes and close their eyes and follow them.
Although there is no illusion on the field, Schalke still plays relatively easily, while Inter Milan are a little absent-minded, many of them have a feeling of completing the task, anyway, it is already like this, what else is there to fight for?
As soon as the first half began, the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war in midfield, which was not very exciting, but definitely not dull.
Raul's header from Jurado's cross from the left in the 16th minute was confiscated by Cesar, the first effective goal for both teams.
In the 22nd minute, Papadopoulos made a mistake at the back, and Eto'o burst into the left side of the box and his shot was denied by Hovides. After that, Inter won a series of corners, but Schalke's defense did not leave too many chances for the opposition and took the opportunity to launch a counter-attack.
In the 36th minute, Stankovic's long-range shot went straight to the top left corner of the goal, and Neuer made a wonderful save to lift the ball out! In the first 25 seconds of the last game, it was Stankovic's long-range shot that broke Schalke's goal, and this time it did not happen again.
Throughout the first half, the two sides did not see who had a better chance, until stoppage time Escudero split the ball to the middle, Jurado sent a through pass in the middle, Raul broke into the penalty area and shook Cesar and pushed the goal to make the score 1-0, this goal basically announced Inter's death sentence, and the fans immediately chanted "There is only one Raul in the world, he is in Schalke!" to cheer for the Lord of the Rings in their hearts.
Inter made a substitution at half-time, with Pandev replacing Stankovic to strengthen the attack. After the rematch, Inter equalised in the opening four minutes. Sneijder took a corner kick from the right side, Lucio headed the ball in the middle, and Motta grabbed a left-footed point from close range on the left side of the small penalty area to score 1-1.
Despite being equalised, Schalke, who had the lead on aggregate, was not disrupted, and their attack became more and more fluid. In the 57th minute, Schalke took a tactical corner from the right and crossed for Papadopoulos' header to go just wide.
Schalke threatened from a series of corners shortly afterwards, and in the 59th minute, Jurado's tactical corner from the right was crossed, Matip headed the ball, and the unguarded Hovides was blown offside at the back post to disallow the first goal, and the slow motion showed that it was an accurate decision. In the 64th minute, Schalke took a corner from the right and Papadopoulos' header went just over the bar again.
When the game reached the 81st minute, Raul sent a delicate pass in front of the field, and Hovides quickly reversed the offside position and then scored a powerful low right-footed shot in the penalty area to lock the score at 2-1!
There was an immediate eruption of huge cheers from the fans as they celebrated Schalke's first semi-final in the Champions League.