By Subhankar Mondal
3 May 2011 20:29:00
Champions League: FC Schalke 04 – Manchester United, Ralf Rangnick (Getty Images)
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Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick believes that they can qualify for the final of the Champions League despite trailing 2-0 from the first-leg in their semi-final tie against Manchester United.
The German side lost their home encounter against the English giants last week and the consensus is that they will not make it through to the final at Wembley in London later this month.
However, Rangnick is hopeful that they can turn around the tie at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening and said in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday: “We want to show we can play better, that we learned our lesson from last week and then we’ll see what happens.
“If Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson does spare players it shows he has belief in his squad. And if we have a chance it is up to us to perform in contrast to the first-leg. We need to take a different approach, learn from that and apply the lessons tomorrow.”
The 52-year-old then alluded to Manchester United’s triumph in the final of the same competition in 1999. Trailing 1-0 to Bayern Munich in injury-time, the Red Devils netted twice and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
“The first 10 to 15 minutes Manchester United will try to score,” Rangnick explained. I think we have to be well organised during this period and then we have to take our chances when we get them, even if there are just two minutes left. You only have to think of Man United in the Champions League final against Bayern when they came back to win 2-1.
“In The first-leg we competed for the first 15 minutes then we gave away too many clear chances. We are looking to change that. When we played in Milan against Inter they didn’t give us much hope either. Part of the hope comes from the development the team has shown over recent weeks – I hope they can show what they can do tomorrow.”
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