Conscious Manuel Neuer, Schalke not feature when dealing with Inter Milan in the Champions League quarter-final. But he insisted his team would try hard to bring surprise to the defending champion.
Germany's number one goalkeeper's talk was not without facts. In almost all world stock bets, his team just placed as the last pre-eminent among the participants last eight Champions League this season. In fact, according to Booker, they are no higher position than the representatives of Ukraine, Shaktar Donetsk.
"They won the title last year so obviously Inter are favorites, but we wanted to play well and achieve good results," said Neuer quoted from Fifa.com. "To Samuel Eto'o, of course he is a very good player but do not be afraid of Inter. They were great in attack, but we are also very good defense."
Native Son Gelsenkirchen (Schalke's hometown) was also talking about the sweet memories etched his club 14 years ago over Inter. Precisely in 1997, the team nicknamed Die Konigsblauen across Europe shocked when conquering Inter in UEFA Cup final. When it is Schalke who still reinforced Marc Wilmots successfully dispelled the Nerazzurri hope to be a champion on penalties after the past two results in two-leg Mbang.
But he is also wary of the spirit of champions Inter held as indicated Thiago Motta et al. when removing another deputy Bundesliga, Bayern Munich in the round of 16.
"In the second match in Munich, during the first half they seemed to be eliminated, but they were able to comeback and take control of the game and achieve the results they need to get away, so we are aware have to play well and be careful," he added. "There are great memories from 1997 and we hope to menggulangi it and play well in order to play the second leg at home with a profit."
The first leg match both teams will take place on Tuesday (5 / 4) night at the Giuseppe Meazza. Hose week later, the Nerazzurri's turn to entertain Schalke at the Veltins Arena
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