{"id":395688,"date":"2011-04-25T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/schalke-%e2%80%93-manchester-united-preview-sir-alex-fergusons-side-aiming-for-win-to-set-up-first-ever-two-legged-success-against-german-opposition\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T06:35:00","slug":"schalke-manchester-united-preview-sir-alex-fergusons-side-aiming-for-win-to-set-up-first-ever-two-legged-success-against-german-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/schalke-manchester-united-preview-sir-alex-fergusons-side-aiming-for-win-to-set-up-first-ever-two-legged-success-against-german-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Schalke \u2013 Manchester United Preview: Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side aiming for win to set up first ever two-legged success against German opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h2>Premier League leaders have yet to concede goal on their travels in Europe but head to Veltins-Arena to face a Bundesliga team with a perfect home record in the competition<\/h2>\n<h3>By Gill Clark<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.6289517471\">\n<div readability=\"14.7258064516\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8796d9db127411_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Benedikt Howedes is a doubt for the hosts and could join an injured list which includes Peer Kluge, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Pander, Mario Gavranovic, Christop Moritz and Tim Hoogland.<br \/>\nThe vistors are expected to bring Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs back to the starting line-up after they were all rested at the weekend. Rafael may get the nod at right-back whilst striker Dimitar Berbatov is a doubt and Darren Fletcher is still to return to full fitness after a virus.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0b3a01f014073_news.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schalke<\/strong> have won every single one of their home matches in the Champions League this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Striker Raul (pictured right) has won the Champions League three times, all as a Real Madrid player, as many times as United have won the competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This is Schalke\u2019s first ever appearance in the last four of the Champions League and also their first ever tie against Manchester United.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Schalke currently sit 10th in the Bundesliga, 29 points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ralf Rangnick&#8217;s side warmed up for the semi-final with a 1-0 home defeat to Kaiserslautern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> are yet to concede a goal on their travels this season, and have won four and drawn one of their five away games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Giggs is the sole survivor of the Manchester United team that famously defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 in the 1999 Champions League final courtesy of late goals from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham. Paul Scholes was suspended and missed the final at Camp Nou.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Red Devils have never won a two-legged knockout tie against German opposition. They have lost all four attempts, most recently against Bayern Munich last season in the quarter-finals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Owen scored a hat-trick on his last appearance on German soil. The striker bagged all three goals as United beat Wolfsburg 3-1 in the group stages last season.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sir Alex Ferguson has led United to six Champions League semi-finals, his record is won three, lost three.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8796d9db127411_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/04\/25\/2456620\/schalke-manchester-united-preview-sir-alex-fergusons-side-aiming-\" title=\"Schalke \u2013 Manchester United Preview: Sir Alex Ferguson's side aiming for win to set up first ever two-legged success against German opposition\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schalke \u2013 Manchester United Preview: Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side aiming for win to set up first ever two-legged success against German opposition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Premier League leaders have yet to concede goal on their travels in Europe but head to Veltins-Arena to face a Bundesliga team with a perfect home record in the competition By Gill Clark Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Benedikt Howedes is a doubt for the hosts and could join an injured list which includes Peer Kluge, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Pander, Mario Gavranovic, Christop Moritz and Tim Hoogland. The vistors are expected to bring Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs back to the starting line-up after they were all rested at the weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Schalke \u2013 Manchester United Preview: Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s side aiming for win to set up first ever two-legged success against German opposition - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/schalke-manchester-united-preview-sir-alex-fergusons-side-aiming-for-win-to-set-up-first-ever-two-legged-success-against-german-opposition\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Schalke \u2013 Manchester United Preview: Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s side aiming for win to set up first ever two-legged success against German opposition - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Premier League leaders have yet to concede goal on their travels in Europe but head to Veltins-Arena to face a Bundesliga team with a perfect home record in the competition By Gill Clark Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Benedikt Howedes is a doubt for the hosts and could join an injured list which includes Peer Kluge, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Pander, Mario Gavranovic, Christop Moritz and Tim Hoogland. 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