Schalke boss Ralf Rangnick aiming to beat Manchester United in UEFA Champions League
Schalke 04 manager Ralf Rangnick believes his side can continue their amazing run in the UEFA Champions League by beating Manchester United in the semi-finals. The Germans have already had the better of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 and Inter Milan in their impressive run so
far and will compete in their first ever Champions League semi-final.
Schalke will host Manchester United in the first-leg of the last four stage at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday, 26th April. Die Knappen downed Internazionale with a staggering 7-3 aggregate score line to progress to the semis.
Rangnick insisted that his side would not sit back in the fixture and would rather play their natural game against the Manchester giants. He revealed that Schalke would not play for a draw and would instead try to win by a comfortable margin considering
the return leg is at Old Trafford.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492 manager claimed that his side have definitely performed above expectations in Europe this season and the win against Inter at San Siro made a lot of heads turn.
The German told reporters, “We're not aiming for a 0-0. We want to win the game and will certainly play as we did against Inter at home. I mean nobody expected us to win 2-5 at Inter so we will try to win both games."
The former Southwick midfielder defended his decision of resting key players in the Bundesliga clash against FC Kaiserslautern, and stated that his side's chances of winning the Champions League clash would have diminished if all players started. He admitted
that Die Knappen would be underdogs against the Red Devils but a performance similar to the one they put up against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 could make a huge difference.
The German tactician concluded, “If we had started the team we will start on Tuesday we would have less chance of winning. I don't know if it helps us to be underdogs. It depends how we play our role. If we manage to play it as we did against Inter twice
I think we have a chance.”
Schalke currently sit in 10th place in the Bundesliga standings with 40 points, 29 behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.
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