Schalke’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424 claims he is not afraid to face Manchester United in the Champions League: UEFA News
Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has claimed that he is not afraid to face the Red Devils in the UEFA Champions League. He stated that he is eager to face the former champions and hoped to repeat the brilliant performance against
Inter Milan.
Schalke will face Manchester United in the first-leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday, April 26.
The German insisted that he is perfectly fine with the underdog status against the Manchester giants. He added that the team had enjoyed the same tag against the defending champions Inter Milan in the quarter-final of the competition.
Die Knappen thrashed Nerazzurri with a 7-3 aggregate and won both the legs against the Italians.
The glovesman said that he has all respect for the opposition but insisted that he is not afraid of playing against them. He added that he had already faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 in last year’s World Cup and hoped the result would be the
same.
“I'm not worried about our underdog status against Manchester United – we enjoyed playing that role against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567. I have respect for the Manchester players but I'm not afraid of them. I've already played against Rooney once, in
the [2010] World Cup, and it ended positively for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904. I hope it'll be similar against Manchester United.,” he said.
Neuer was all praise for the United players. He revealed that he has been a big fan of the Edwin Van der Sar and looked up to him in his early days. The German international admitted that he liked Manchester United’s style of play
and is looking forward to face them.
“They have many good players. There is the experience of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 and Edwin van der Sar. I was a big fan of Van der Sar when I was growing up, but you can't just pick out one player. The team is the star at Manchester United.
I have to say I really like the way they play,” the German concluded.
Manuel Neuer has declined a new contract with Schalke and has admitted he wants to leave in the summer with Bayern Munich tipped to be the most likely destination.
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