FULL TIME: Real Madrid 3-4 Schalke (agg 5-4)
The holders are through. But you wouldn’t know it from the reception they’re getting from their own fans. The bird is the word. Schalke came so close to the most spectacular comeback in European Cup history.
90 min: +3: ... Casillas snaffles a dismal Fuchs up and under. Neustader is then booked for clattering Pepe in the centre circle. This is all over, despite a most heroic effort from this superlative Schalke team.
90 min: +2: Neustadter lumps it down the middle. With Uchida romping into the area down the right, Marcelo is forced to head behind for a corner! From which...
90 min: +1: There will be three added minutes. Real manage to keep hold of possession for the entirety of the first. That’s the only time they've managed that all evening! * with the extra three minutes i thought REAL would make a goal*
90 min: Meyer with a couple of crosses down the left. Neither can find Sane in the middle. Then a long ball down the middle. Huntelaar rises above Pepe and nods down for Howedes, who is free to the left of the D! He shoots, but Casillas saves. How Schalke must wish it was Howedes heading down for Huntelaar!
89 min: Bale helps the clock along with a skedaddle down the right. He earns nothing more than a throw, but that’s not really the point.Real Madrid are 60 seconds closer to survival. That it’s come to talking about survival for Real Madrid! Schalke have beenmagnificent. * I think the person who was doing these notes was favoring SCHALKE*
88 min: Bale attempts to slip Ronaldo free down the middle. Nearly, but Nastasic intercepts. Remember Cristiano Ronaldo, anyone? * Like i said the were favoring SCHALKE and who told him to take the ball... NO ONE lol *
86 min: It’s safe to say the Bernabeu is stunned. And collectively feeling very nervous indeed. Then the astonishing young Sane, 30 yards out, cuts in from the right and pearls a curler towards the bottom left! It’s heading in, but the much-maligned Casillas punches it clear at full stretch. This is astonishing! * YAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS only IKER DUHHH *
GOAL! Real Madrid 3-4 Schalke (Huntelaar 84); agg 5-4
Oh Luka! He toes the ball back towards Casillas’s box as Sane bustles near the centre circle. And suddenly Huntelaar is clear on goal! And he makes no mistake, banging an unstoppable effort towards the top right, off the underside of the bar, and in! Schalke are a goal away from putting the European champions out! They’re threatening the most sensational comeback in European Cup history! * they just had to point that out huh. They couldn't have just said REAL MADRID could they.... no they had to add that.. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS WERE GOING TO LOSE... alright *
83 min: Benzema slides the ball to the left for Isco, who diddles around awhile, then slips the ball to his right and sends a curler inches wide of the right-hand post. Wellenreuther wasn’t getting to that, despite extending himself fully.
82 min: Having bigged up Arbeloa a couple of minutes ago, of course he gets the hook. Nacho comes on in his stead.
81 min: One last change for Schalke. Uchida, nominally a defender but not shy in getting forward, comes on for Barnetta.
79 min: Fuchs latches onto a loose ball down the left. He takes a couple of big-leggy strides, and lashes low and hard towards the bottom right from the left-hand corner of the box. He’ll not beat Casillas with that, despite the goalie’s dodgy form. Casillas smothers. * How much do you want to bet he form in perfect... dont be dogging IKER like that *
77 min: Some lovely triangulation by Schalke down the right wing, Barnetta, Meyer and Sane all involved, some very fluid movement. Suddenly Sane is released into the area by a wily Meyer ball down the channel, but the young man declines a shot. Instead, he pulls the ball back for Goretzka, on the edge of the D. Goretzka does shoot, but unconvincingly so, straight at Casillas, weakly.
75 min: Howedes momentarily turns into Franz Beckenbauer. Deep in his own half, he takes a stride down the inside right, then sprays a 50-yard diagonal pass towards Fuchs, who would break clear into the area were it not for the covering run of the consistently excellent and totally unsung Arbeloa.
73 min: Bale, with little backlift, decides to shoot from a position 30 yards up the inside-right channel. His effort’s flying into the top right, but Wellenreuther parries with strong hands.
72 min: Bale tears down the right at a preposterous velocity. His cross isn’t very good. Fuchs diddles down the Schalke left. His chipped cross doesn’t fool Varane, but that’s just as well as Sane was waiting to power a header home, six yards out. That’s as close as you’re getting to a lull right now. “If Schalke aren’t careful, they might start to make the Champions League look exciting and unpredictable,” sobs Simon McMahon. “Somebody tell them to stop it please.”
72 min: Bale tears down the right at a preposterous velocity. His cross isn’t very good. Fuchs diddles down the Schalke left. His chipped cross doesn’t fool Varane, but that’s just as well as Sane was waiting to power a header home, six yards out. That’s as close as you’re getting to a lull right now. “If Schalke aren’t careful, they might start to make the Champions League look exciting and unpredictable,” sobs Simon McMahon. “Somebody tell them to stop it please.”
70 min: Kroos has a bash from 25 yards. His rising shot is going in, but it’s straight at the keeper. Wellenreuther tips over the bar. From the corner, Bale plants a header high into the stand from the penalty spot. Here’s David Wall: “The longer this game goes on the more nervous Manchester United supporters must be getting, and the more zeros David De Gea’s agent must be adding to the draft contract he’s going to take into negotiations with the Old Trafford club. What has Keylor Navas done to end up on Real’s bench?”
68 min: Taking down a looping right-wing cross, Isco discos past Barnetta to reach the byline to the left of the Schalke goal. He clips a ball into the six-yard area, but Howedes stays strong at the near post to block and clear. They’re not stopping, these lads! It’s been end-to-end stuff all night, though Real are probing with more purpose right now.
66 min: This is like a match from 1957. Now it’s Arbeloa, of all people, sent clear into the Schalke box down the inside right, a clever pass down the channel from Bale doing the trick. Arbeloa’s attempt to dink the advancing Wellenreuther is OK, but not great. The keeper stays big, and the chip hits him on the shoulder. Schalke survive, though of course they still need two goals. Five at the Bernabeu. Which is a ridiculous target, really, but you try predicting this game!
66 min: This is like a match from 1957. Now it’s Arbeloa, of all people, sent clear into the Schalke box down the inside right, a clever pass down the channel from Bale doing the trick. Arbeloa’s attempt to dink the advancing Wellenreuther is OK, but not great. The keeper stays big, and the chip hits him on the shoulder. Schalke survive, though of course they still need two goals. Five at the Bernabeu. Which is a ridiculous target, really, but you try predicting this game!
66 min: This is like a match from 1957. Now it’s Arbeloa, of all people, sent clear into the Schalke box down the inside right, a clever pass down the channel from Bale doing the trick. Arbeloa’s attempt to dink the advancing Wellenreuther is OK, but not great. The keeper stays big, and the chip hits him on the shoulder. Schalke survive, though of course they still need two goals. Five at the Bernabeu. Which is a ridiculous target, really, but you try predicting this game!
66 min: This is like a match from 1957. Now it’s Arbeloa, of all people, sent clear into the Schalke box down the inside right, a clever pass down the channel from Bale doing the trick. Arbeloa’s attempt to dink the advancing Wellenreuther is OK, but not great. The keeper stays big, and the chip hits him on the shoulder. Schalke survive, though of course they still need two goals. Five at the Bernabeu. Which is a ridiculous target, really, but you try predicting this game!
64 min: Ronaldo cuts in from the left. Stride, stride, shoulder drop, stride. On the edge of the D, he twirls and bobbles a shot towards the bottom left. Wellenreuther gathers. Schalke flood up the other end, and Meyer, down the right, has a dig from 20 yards out. That’s wide right, and Casillas had it covered, but not by much. * But he still covered it.. yep I'm feeling salty *
62 min: Another corner for Schalke down the left. Barnetta takes it. Howedes, on the penalty spot, shanks a header - can you shank a header? - back out left to Barnetta, who despite facing a very tight angle decides to batter a shot goalwards. The ball twangs off Modric, at the near post, and flies across the face of the Real Madrid goal at 984mph. This is getting ridiculous now. And more of it, please!
60 min: Benzema turns on the burners as he makes off down the inside-left channel. He very nearly slides Isco free into the box, but his precision pass is hooked clear by Howedes’s telescopic leg. Marvellous football all round. This is outstanding entertainment.
58 min: Schalke swap Hoger for Goretzka. Real meanwhile make two changes, hooking Khedira and Coentrao and sending on Modric and Marcelo.
GOAL! Real Madrid 3-3 Schalke (Sane 57); agg 5-3
Sane takes up possession down the right, taps the ball across the front of the Real area, and on the right-hand edge of the D, curls an unstoppable shot past a flat-footed Casillas and into the top left! A stunning strike from the European debutant, and this is getting very silly indeed!
56 min: Barnetta zips down the right and shuttles the ball forward for Huntelaar, in the area. Pepe comes across to dink the ball out for a corner before the striker can shoot. The set piece is whistled under the bar, Casillas flapping it away. But Schalke are soon coming back at Real, down the right wing. And...
55 min: Coentrao is booked for a fairly cynical tug on Barnetta, as the Schalke man looks to burst clear down the inside-right channel. He doesn’t bother with ostentatious complaining.
GOAL! Real Madrid 3-2 Schalke (Benzema 52); agg 5-2
Ah but this should settle them. Coentrao prods a pass down the inside-left into the Schalke area through three static blue shirts. Benzema picks up possession, and George Best versus Sheffield United style, sashays across the face of goal, to the right, to the right, to the right, dropping a shoulder, then battering home once Wellenreuther had committed himself. A lovely finish, and this tie is now over, though it should be noted that Benzema was a couple of inches offside when he received Coentrao’s pass. Still, not by much, and you have to give the benefit to the attacker. Was happy when i saw that but it quickly changed when SCHALKE made that goal *
50 min: Another corner for Schalke, Barnetta and Fuchs causing a fair bit of bother down the left wing. Again the set piece is wasted, but Real Madrid are playing with fire here. They might have a two-goal lead, but a third Schalke goal will really get the nerves clattering. They’re not looking particularly steady as it is.
49 min: This is better from the home side. Ronaldo cuts in from the left, and thinks about shooting. He lays off for Isco, who does. The ball’s deflected out to the left for a corner, which is claimed, sort of, by Wellenreuther. The keeper is fouled, and the pressure’s off. “I saw Terry Hurlock (31 min) play a few times when he was at Brentford,” recalls Ian Burch. “They weren’t a team of shrinking violets as Terry had Chris Kamara alongside him in midfield and Ron Harris playing behind him at the back. To Brentford’s credit though they didfind room for Stan Bowles up front.” Times change, of course, but I wonder what Hurlock, Kamara and Harris would have said, had someone like current Bees owner and data analyst Matthew Benham told them their Key Performance Indicators weren’t up to scratch?
48 min: Schalke appear to be continuing as they left off. A corner won down the left. It doesn’t clear the first man, and Bale should clear, but he miscontrols and allows four blue shirts to stream down the left wing. Luckily for the world’s most expensive player, Schalke confuse themselves. But Real have started this half slowly. They can’t afford to.
And we’re off again! No changes, though Modric is warming up for Real. Within 60 seconds, Barnetta is having a pop from the right-hand corner of the Real area. It’s gathered by Casillas, but not with much confidence, a slight mishandle.
IDK what the heck the video is. it came with the whole copy and paste thing but i watched it and it's kind of cool... even though its just pottery *
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HALF TIME: Real Madrid 2-2 Schalke; agg 4-2
And so a brilliant, breathless half of football comes to an end. Schalke are in a slightly better position than they were at kick off, in so much as two goals will now see them through on the away goals rule. But really, they deserve to be in front. They’ve been magnificent, but there’s simply no stopping Cristiano Ronaldo. ITV have got a decent match on their hands after all! The second half could be brilliant, it could be a damp squib. But there’s only one way to find out. No flipping.
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GOAL! Real Madrid 2-2 Schalke (Ronaldo 45); agg 4-2
Real’s best form of defence is attack all right. Coentrao is in a little space down the right. He loops a fast cross into the middle. Ronaldo isn’t marked, and plants another header into the net, this time top right. So simple. Again. Schalke must wonder what they have to do. * YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS BAEEEEEE *
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44 min: Real’s best form of defence, seeing they don’t really have one to speak of, is attack. First Benzema attempts to dribble clear down the inside-left channel, and very nearly makes it. Then Khedira cuts in from the right and curls one towards the top left. Wellenreuther sticks out a strong hand - take note, Iker Casillas - and Barnetta hacks the parry clear.
42 min: Schalke are very much worth their lead. Another goal, and the European champions will be in danger of suffering one of the great comeback defeats! Fuchs wins a corner down the left. Barnetta twice flings dangerous looping balls into the Madrid box. Twice Varane heads clear. Real are rocking!
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-2 Schalke (Huntelaar 40); agg 3-2
And now. And now. Huntelaar, 30 yards out, batters a rising shot off the Real woodwork, right on the join of the right-hand upright and bar! Then, in the very next phase of attack, Schalke having quickly recycled the ball, Meyer smacks a shot straight at Casillas, striding into the area down the left. The keeper parries, but Huntelaar is first on the scene to whack the loose ball into the net. Once again, that had been coming. And once again, this is on! Like this face is something serious lol... look at Bales Butt ;3
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39 min: And now Varane’s backpass, down the Schalke right, puts Casillas in all sorts of bother! The keeper’s rushing out, but he’s beaten to the ball by Huntelaar, who sticks out a telescopic leg and pokes the ball goalwards. But it’s bouncing apologetically wide left of the unguarded net.
38 min: Another goal for Schalke, of course, and it’s very much back on. Neustadter, in front of the centre circle, pitching wedges a delicious chip down the inside-left channel towards Huntelaar, who is in acres of space on the edge of the Real box. But he miscontrols, and the ball wheechs out of play for a goal kick.
36 min: Benzema down the inside-left channel. He slides a ball across to Bale, his back to goal on the right-hand corner of the D. Bale turns and puck-slaps an effort towards the bottom left. Wellenreuther has it covered. Then another phase of attack, Benzema and Isco shuttling the ball down the inside-left channel, springing Ronaldo clear into the area. He drags a lame effort across the face of goal and out to the right. Goal kick. Another goal for Real Madrid now, and this is all over.
34 min: Not much of an atmosphere in the Bernabeu right now. A second Schalke goal would electrify things a little, that’s for sure. But their play has lost a little zing since the equaliser, perhaps understandably so.
32 min: Corner for Schalke down the right. Fuchs swings one in dangerously, but Varane heads clear. Barnetta takes up possession, 35 yards down the inside-right channel, and converts for three rugby points. That effort would make Mario Balotelli seem unambitious and shot-shy.
31 min: Ronaldo is booked for a studs-up lunge on Hoger that would have shamed Terry Hurlock. He has the good grace not to complain too much.
29 min: And it gets worse for Schalke. Choupo-Moting, who has been a handful during the first half-hour, has jiggered his foot. He’s limping off, and will be replaced by 19-year-old Leroy Sane, making his European debut. Hey, you’ve got to make your debut somewhere, so it may as well be at the very toppermost of the poppermost.
27 min: Poor old Schalke. They were brilliant in those opening exchanges. But what a header by Ronaldo. Now this game has a new complexion. Bale bombs down the right and whips a cross into the middle. Wellenreuther, at his near post, claims well, some very assured handling. But the home team have the wind in their sails again. Look it's BALE again but this time its not his butt :3
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GOAL! Real Madrid 1-1 Schalke (Ronaldo 25); agg 3-1
A corner for Real down the right. It’s whipped into the box, Ronaldo rises above Matip on the penalty spot, and plants a header into the top left! Real Madrid have started this game abysmally, but one moment of simple brilliance has suddenly put a stop to Schalke’s gallop! His thighs are what i want mine to look like... those this are FIT!!! *
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23 min: It’s all Schalke right now. Or, more accurately, all Meyer and Barnetta. They’re ripping Real Madrid apart down the right, again and again! A couple of phases of attack here, and Meyer has a dig from the right-hand corner of the D. The ball twangs off Khedira’s boot and up onto the Real midfielder’s arm. Schalke claim a penalty, but they’re never going to get that. Khedira’s arm was hanging out, but that all happened so quickly, and at such close range, that a spot kick was a pipe dream.
GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Schalke (Fuchs 20); agg 2-1
This had been coming. And thoroughly deserved. Meyer picks up possession in the pocket. He slides the ball out right to Barnetta, who whips a cross into the area. Huntelaar and Choupo-Moting, near the penalty spot, let it through to Fuchs, who is free in the left-hand half of the box. He batters a shot towards the left-hand side of the goal Casillas’s hands flap back like saloon doors, and the ball nestles in the bottom-left corner. This tie is very much on, as a nervous Bernabeu attests!
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18 min: Meyer skitters down the inside-left channel, from the centre circle. He’s allowed to reach the edge of the box, whereupon he drags a fairly useless shot wide right of the goal. Casillas didn’t bother to move. But this is all Schalke. The BBC can’t get a touch right now. Perhaps Jeremy Clarkson has knitted some sort of voodoo doll.
16 min: Now Huntelaar tries to bust into the box down the inside-right channel, but is knocked off balance (legally) by Varane, and drops to his knees in crumpled frustration. But this is a very bright start from the German side.
14 min: Huntelaar dances in from the left, and should be robbed of the ball, but doesn’t take no for an answer. He one-twos with Choupo-Moting as he enters the area, but can’t get a shot away. For a split second, it looked as though Real had been ripped open. But they rallied just in time. These are worrying signs for the European champions, with Schalke firmly on the front foot.
12 min: Neustadter edges down the right and whips a low ball into the box. Choupo-Moting, level with the right-hand post and 12 yards out, lays the ball back to Meyer, who is in acres of space in the pocket and batters a shot straight at Casillas. Great save, and another chance spurned, but it doesn’t matter so much, as Choupo-Moting is correctly flagged offside. Real Madrid are all over the shop at the back, though.
10 min: What a chance spurned by Schalke! Meyer makes off down the left, reaches the byline, and pulls a ball back to the edge of the area for Choupo-Moting. Just to the left of the D, he’s got time to take a touch and shoot, but instead he opens his body up and attempts to guide a sidefooter into the top right. Ambitious. Too ambitious. It flies off miles to the right of goal, and high too. He cups his face with his hands, annoyed at his profligacy.
9 min: Howedes heads straight up into the air. Seeing he’s on the edge of his own area, that’s not a great idea. Benzema takes up possession and slips the ball left to Isco, who is in space, just inside the box. Isco hesitates and has to settle for a corner, and the resulting set piece is no good either.
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8 min: Ronaldo flicks a ball wide right to Bale, whose cross is immediately cut out by Nastasic. The BBC’s horizontal hold has been on the blink so far.
6 min: The first corner of the match goes to Real Madrid, Benzema winning it down the left, though with Schalke light in the centre he should have found a team-mate. And the set piece is a total waste of time. A nice open feel to the early exchanges of this match.
4 min: More space for Hoger down the right. He sashays towards the corner flag and whips a low ball towards the near post, where Casillas gathers. Then another phase of Schalke attack, Fuchs looking to bust down the inside-left channel, only to be obstructed by Kroos. But no free kick. On the touchline, Roberto di Matteo improvises a contemporary dance piece called I’ve Got The Funk. It’s a high-energy piece.
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3 min: Isco is robbed by Hoger down the Schalke right. Hoger romps into space down the wing, and he’s got Choupo-Moting and Huntelaar in the middle, both screaming for a cross that’d have the one white shirt of Real Madrid in all sorts of trouble. But he shanks it straight into the arms of Casillas. Incredibly poor, but he did get the move going in the first place, so let’s not be too hard on him.
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And Schalke get the ball rolling! They surely need an early goal. They certainly have to score first, if they’re to have any chance whatsoever of a long-shot victory. And to this end, they lump it forward quickly. Choupo-Moting skitters along the curve of the Real D, left to right, but can’t get a shot away. He’s crowded out, but that’s a positive start by the visitors.
The teams are out! Real Madrid all spruced up like meringues, the crispest and cleanest kit of all. Schalke’s isn’t half bad either, mind, their lovely plain blue shirts and S04 badge. It’s an aesthetic pleasure in the Bernabeu tonight.
Alright so its final... They take some great pictures i mean look at that facial expression on IKER's face hehe, But really I couldnt believe that they lost, so the current standings on the LA LIGA broad is still the same so I don't think it changed very much. But here it is for those of you who want to see it. So I put down some notes but not a lot.. then again there not even notes their just comments lol. Now i was planning on doing one for the BARCELONA v. EIBAR but i will be at school even though i get out early I would have missed maybe about the whole game lol so yea... hope you people that is reading this are liking it.. and please tell me if I'm doing something wrong.. I'm open to CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM but please no very mean stuff.
- Yanna :3
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