After their disastrous 5-2 defeat at the San Siro, Inter went into the second leg with the weight of history against them, as no team needing to win by a four-goal margin away from home had ever advanced in the Champions League.

first leg was chosen by UEFA as the best of the quarter-finals, and it almost Edu took a free kick that was cleared from danger by Thiago Motta. Schalke secured their passage to the Champions League semi-finals as their 2-1 home win over Inter completed a 7-3 aggregate success. Schalke 2 Inter Milan 1 (agg 7-3): Fergie sees Raul book semi-final date with United. minute Raul began to inspire the Schalke attack, first when he forced a diving It was Raul who came closest in the opening 15 minutes, forcing Julio Cesar to hold on to a neat header from a left-wing cross.Dejan Stankovic forced a diving save from Manuel Neuer with a fierce strike from 25 yards, but Maicon could then have done better from the Serbian's chip shortly before half-time when he ghosted in at the far post but got only a slight touch on the ball on its way out of play.But despite looking more able to create space, they never looked likely to further breach the home back-line. Shortly afterwards Inter won their first Around the 17th

The German keeper was called upon in the After 36 minutes, Inter finally tested Neuer for the first time when Dejan Stankovic launched a fierce 25-yard effort that flew towards the top corner but the German international, who has been linked with a move to Manchester United, tipped the ball around the post.

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looked as if he was going to respond with another long-range gem this evening, Inter came out for the second half with renewed purpose, perhaps partially fuelled by an desire not to be humiliated, and their attacking play was rewarded when Sneijder's cross was powered towards goal by Lucio before Motta flicked out a foot and turned the ball in from six yards.

In fact, it was the men in blue who had the better chances, with Howedes foiled by an erroneous offside flag when lashing high into the net. Lucio, but Howedes intervened to clear up the threat. dressing rooms; Inter had the better of the possession, but the Germans had the Schalke 04: 1 Neuer; 22 Uchida, 21 Metzelder, 4 Howedes, 2 Sarpei; 11 Baumjohann (28' st 31 Draxler), have a shot on goal when Sneijder's right-footed effort in the 5th

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Schalke vs Werder Bremen 0-1 Highlights (Zusammenfassung), Goals (Tore), Full Match Replay. 05 Apr 11 |  Raul and Benedikt Howedes scored the goals to complete a huge two-legged victory over the reigning champions and book a semi-final date with Manchester United