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By Subhankar Mondal<\/h3>\n

4 May 2011 22:42:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Horst Heldt, VfB Stuttgart (firo)<\/p>\n

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Schalke<\/a> sporting director Horst Heldt is proud of his team\u2019s achievement in the Champions League this season despite losing to Manchester United<\/a> in the semi-finals, but conceded that his side ‘deserved to be beaten’.<\/span><\/p>\n

The German side went down 4-1 to Sir Alex Ferguson’s side in the second-leg at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening, losing the tie 6-1 on aggregate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heldt is understandably disappointed with Schalke\u2019s comprehensive loss but praises his players for a memorable campaign in Europe this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’ve played a superb Champions League season,\u201d he told Sky Germany<\/em>. \u201cIt included a historical victory against Inter in the quarter-finals which people will talk about in the subsequent years.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If you’re in the semis, of course, you want to reach the final. Of course, we’re disappointed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting further on Schalke\u2019s defeat in Manchester, Heldt said: “People say that they played with their B team, but they were still first class. We couldn’t stand them but that was also the situation in the first-leg. We deserved to be beaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur opponents were just too strong for us. Some players didn’t realise what kind of situation we were in. Man United can handle the pressure better.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Heldt, though, hopes that the Schalke players can learn something from the defeat: \u201cI hope that the team are not just content with the fact that we reached the semis. I will have a clear look on how the players will react. It’s not so often that you reach the Champions League semis.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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