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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
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Match Facts |
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Schalke 04 v Manchester united
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,
semi-final, 1st leg
Veltins-Arena
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Germany, 19.45pm GMT,
Tuesday 26th April 2011.
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Match
Officials |
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Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant referees Roberto Alonso
Fernández (ESP), Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (ESP)
Additional assistant referees Carlos Clos
Gómez (ESP), Antonio Rubinos Pérez (ESP)
Fourth official David Fernández Borbalán
(ESP)
UEFA Delegate Ainar Leppänen (EST)
UEFA Referee observer Sergey Zuev (RUS |
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Schalke 04 Club Facts |
Full name Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e.
V.
Nickname(s) Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The
Miners)
Founded 4 May 1904
Ground Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
(Capacity: 61,672)
President Josef Schnusenberg
Manager Ralf Rangnick |
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights &
Team News |
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ON MUFC in Europe
"The present group has
enough experience in Europe now. I think it's where
we should be," "My expectation has always been high
in regard to the European scene. You do get envious
of other clubs' records in Europe and we're trying
to get to parity with those clubs: Real Madrid, AC
Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Liverpool...We need to
progress quickly to get to that level again."
ON team Selection
"I needed to keep us fresh against Everton, knowing
that three days later we would be playing Schalke in
the first leg of a Champions League semi-final.
"I had one eye on the trip to Germany and, of
course, big games in the league against Arsenal and
Chelsea. "I enjoy this critical stage of a
season, when we are involved in big games that come
at you thick and fast, with little recovery time in
between.
"Team selection comes into its own, and just as the
players have to rise to every occasion, so do I as I
try to keep the team fresh and raring to go." |
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John O'Shea
"We have to make sure we show them our history,
why we have got to finals, why we have won them, why
we have been in this situation many times before,"
said O'Shea.
"We have to impose ourselves whilst understanding
the threats they have, which we will have to cope
with." |
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EVDS on Raul
Gonzalez
"He is not someone you can take your eye off because
he is so dangerous and only needs a little chance to
score a goal, our defence will have to be on their
toes when they play against him." |
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Manchester United Team News |
Schalke 04 Team News |
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Dimitar Berbatov
(groin) & Darren Fletcher (virus) are both out. |
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Kyriakos
Papadopoulous and Peer Kluge have minor
knocks but should feature.
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE |
Dimitar Berbatov
(groin)
Darren
Fletcher (virus)
Anders
Lindegaard (knee)
Owen Hargreaves (shoulder) |
INJURED/UNAVAILABLE |
Benedikt
Howedes (stomach)
Huntelaar (knee)
Christoph Moritz (knee)
Christian Pander (toe, cold) |
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Doubtful |
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Doubtful |
Kyriakos
Papadopoulous (knock)
Peer Kluge (knock) |
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SUSPENDED |
none |
SUSPENDED |
none |
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Squads |
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Schalke 04 (from):
Neuer, Schober, Sarpei, Escudero, Howedes, Plestan,
Papadopoulous, Metzelder, Uchida, Hao, Baumjohann,
Kluger, Schmitz, Jurado, Diac, Draxier, Matip, Raul,
Edu, Charisteas, Farfan. |
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Manchester United
(from) Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea,
Brown, Ferdinand, Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra,
Fabio, Valencia, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Carrick,
Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez, Owen. |
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Record on
German soil |
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Match_Date |
Season |
Stadium |
Opponents |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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30/03/2010 |
2009-2010 |
Allianz Arena |
Bayern Munich |
European Cup |
L |
1 |
2 |
Wayne Rooney 2' |
Ribery 77', Olic 90' |
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08/12/2009 |
2009-2010 |
Volkswagen Arena |
Wolfsburg |
European Cup |
W |
3 |
1 |
Owen 44', 83', 90' |
Dzeko 56' |
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01/10/2003 |
2003-2004 |
Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium |
Stuttgart |
European Cup |
L |
1 |
2 |
van Nistlerooy 67' (pen) |
Szabics 50', Kuranyi 52' |
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24/09/2002 |
2002-2003 |
Bayarena |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
European Cup |
W |
2 |
1 |
van Nistlerooy 31', 44' |
Berbatov 52' |
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30/04/2002 |
2001-2002 |
Bayarena |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
European Cup |
D |
1 |
1 |
Keane 28' |
Neuville 45' |
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20/11/2001 |
2001-2002 |
Olympic Stadium, Munich |
Bayern Munich |
European Cup |
D |
1 |
1 |
van Nistlerooy 74' |
Paulo Sergio 87' |
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18/04/2001 |
2000-2001 |
Olympic Stadium, Munich |
Bayern Munich |
European Cup |
L |
1 |
2 |
Giggs 49' |
Elber 5', Scholl 40' |
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30/09/1998 |
1998-1999 |
Olympic Stadium, Munich |
Bayern Munich |
European Cup |
D |
2 |
2 |
Yorke 30', Scholes 49' |
Elber 11', 90' |
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09/04/1997 |
1996-1997 |
Westfalenstadion |
Borussia Dortmund |
European Cup |
L |
0 |
1 |
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Tretschok 76' |
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17/11/1965 |
1965-1966 |
Walter Ulbricht Stadium |
ASK Vorwarts |
European Cup |
W |
2 |
0 |
Law 73', Connelly 80' |
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11/11/1964 |
1964-1965 |
Westfalenstadion |
Borussia Dortmund |
Inter Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup |
W |
6 |
1 |
Herd 12', Charlton 29', 78', 85', Best 49', Law 76' |
Dieter Kurrat 51' (pen) |
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21/11/1956 |
1956-1957 |
Rote Erde Stadion |
Borussia Dortmund |
European Cup |
D |
0 |
0 |
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Head to Head |
MUFC have never player Schalke 04 in a
competitive game
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Record v German Opposition |
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Opponents |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
win% |
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Germany |
25 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
44 |
26 |
18 |
48.0% |
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All Time Scoring & Appearance Tables |
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TOP 10 ALL TIME
EUROPEAN CUP APPEARANCE MAKERS |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Apps |
Goals |
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1 |
Giggs, Ryan |
134 |
27 |
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Scholes, Paul |
125 |
25 |
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3 |
Neville, Gary |
115 |
2 |
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4 |
Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar |
81 |
20 |
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5 |
Beckham, David |
81 |
15 |
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6 |
Keane, Roy |
80 |
14 |
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O'Shea, John |
75 |
2 |
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Ferdinand, Rio |
72 |
1 |
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9 |
Silvestre, Mikael |
69 |
2 |
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10 |
Butt, Nicky |
69 |
2 |
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TOP 10 ALL TIME
EUROPEAN GOAL SCORERS |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Goals |
Apps |
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1 |
van Nistlerooy, Ruud |
38 |
47 |
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Giggs, Ryan |
27 |
134 |
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Scholes, Paul |
25 |
125 |
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Rooney, Wayne |
23 |
61 |
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Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar |
20 |
81 |
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6 |
Cole, Andrew |
19 |
49 |
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7 |
Ronaldo, Cristiano |
16 |
55 |
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8 |
Beckham, David |
15 |
81 |
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9 |
Law, Denis |
14 |
18 |
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10 |
Keane, Roy |
14 |
80 |
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 Dimitar Berbatov is currently Manchester
United's Leading Goalscorer for 2010/2011 season
with
22
goals. |
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Score Prediction |
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A vital away goal is a must,
several key players rested in Vidic, Evra, Carrick & Park, 2-0 to Manchester United. |
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