Background: Auf Schalke has had bad experiences when weal and woe depends on the outcome of other concurrent been registered games. This time it was – unlike 2001 – not a championship, but a final, so it called at least sporting director Horst Heldt. Schalke had to win to reach the knockout stages and was also dependent on Help Protect Chelsea, also needed a victory against Sporting Lisbon – at least from Schalke view. Would certainly many goals are scored, the latest games with Schalke’s participation eventually ended 0: 5 (against Chelsea), 4: 1 (against Mainz) and 4: 0 (Stuttgart)
The result : 1: 0 (0: 0) for Schalke 04
The equally important result. 3: 1 (2: 0). for Chelsea against Sporting
A word to the enemy: NK Maribor, founded in 1960, is the most successful Slovenian football club. This season, the club managed by 1999/2000 for the second time in the group stage of the Champions League and picked up all three opponents have a 1: 1. The game is played in Ljudski Stadium, the smallest of all the Champions League participants, spectators Capacity: 13,000 seats
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The first half: A penalty, a powerful shot from the edge, after 17 minutes the score 2: 0 – terrible for Schalke, but for Chelsea against Sporting. Schalke, however, succeeded little against the low-lying Slovenes and tried it again and again with (extremely hazardous) edges. The only real opportunity missed Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, more on that later. Maribor played his attacks better finished and therefore had the better opportunities. The best made Atsuto Uchida naught. Also, more on that
The second half. Again the gates were at first only the fate game in London, where could shorten Sporting before Chelsea 3: 1 increased. In Maribor there was first only a goal-approach Huntelaar, whose shot bounced off the inside of the post and entlangtrudelte on the goal line. Then Max Meyer came and hit the decisive 1: 0th Schalke dominated the second half. Only shortly before the end wiggled the team of coach Roberto Di Matteo. But she did not fall
Waidmanns harm the game. The nickname of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is “Hunter”, so hunters. But what Huntelaar handed in seconds before the half time whistle was unworthy of his profession as a woodsman and striker. Together with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting stormed the Dutch towards goal, only one defender was still standing in the way – and even slipped pending. And what made Huntelaar? Instead of continuing on goal zuzulaufen, quiet aim and the 1: 0 to make, he shot before the goal, sending the ball wide of the goal.
The “football god” of the game: The Schalke fans will forgive that this is a Dortmunder has to serve for comparison, but what was Atsuto Uchida 23 minutes, strongly reminiscent of Jürgen Kohler. As the “Kokser” In 1997, in the semifinals of the Champions League against Eric Cantona Manchester United the only Japanese cleared a header from Arghus and blocked and the rebound by Marcos Tavares. Ko hler earned by the action of the BVB fans called “football god” quite as far Uchida is not yet
The fireworks of the game. Burnt not the two teams from. For this first attended the downed near the stadium rockets from Maribor Christmas market for festive atmosphere. These came from the middle of the first half of the extremely comprehensive flaring of pyrotechnics, including stoppage of play. For this overdue penalty Maribor should put a little money aside for safety’s sake you in advance. Speaking of money – Max Meyer took care of the million rounds of the game: Only a substitute six minutes earlier by Di Matteo Barnetta, Meyer was in the right. Jasmin Handanovic Maribor keeper had parried a Fuchs-edge weak and Meyer scored the 1: 0, which – thanks to Chelsea’s victory – enough to last sixteen. A goal that is worth to the club about seven million euros to secure revenue. No wonder that Schalke Club Boss Clemens Tonnies rejoiced: NK Maribor – Schalke 0: 1 (0: 0)
0: 1 Meyer (62)
Maribor: Handanovic – Stojanovic (76 Vrsic), Rajcevic, Arghus, Viler – Mertelj, Filipovic – Sallalich (65 Mendy), Bohar – Tavares Ibraimi (82 Zahovic)
Schalke: ferryman – Uchida, New Town, Kirchhoff, Höwedes, Fox – Aogo – Barnetta (56. Meyer), Hoger (88. Ayhan) – Choupo-Moting, Huntelaar (90 + 2 Friedrich)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Spectators: 12,516
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