Schalke confirm themselves appear in the Europa League round of 16 despite having struggled to beat the Czech club, Viktoria Plzen, 3-1 (aggregate 4-2) in the second leg of the Europa League round of 32, Thursday (23/02/2012). Two of the three-goal victory brought Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in extra time, after a 1-1 draw in normal time 90 minutes.
With this victory, Schalke will face the representatives of the Netherlands, FC Twente, in the next round will be held on Thursday (08/03/2012) future. Twente passed away Steuau Bucharest 1-0 or 2-0 on aggregate.
Playing in front of his own supporters, Schalke started the match with a quick tempo. As a result, the new six-minute walk of the first half, Huntelaar made the score changed to 1-0. Kick from the left side of defense Plzen Julian Draxler's cross into the goal.
At the 16th minute, Raul Gonzales to get scoring chances. Unfortunately, the header to the right of the goal can still be anticipated well by goalkeeper Marek Cech.
Plzen is not without an attack in the first round. At the 27th minute, midfielder Daniel Kolar almost equalized when his header received a cross from Milan Petrzela not on the crossbar Schalke.
Entering the final minutes, both teams played with a tempo slower and more of the ball in midfield. Although both have a chance, but a score of 1-0 did not change until halftime.
Into the second half, Plzen increasing attack and play aggressively enough. However, aggressive game it will be costly in the 60th minute. The reason, one of the assailants, Marek Bakos, must leave the field for receiving a red card after a hard tackle on Schalke player.
Superior number of players, automatic Schalke took over the game during the second half. However, preoccupation with attacking make Schalke defense off guard. It was then used to steal a goal Plzen through the action of F Rajtoral quarterback when the game just two minutes remaining. The goal was to make as strong score and force extra-time play Schalke.
Plzen almost conceded a goal early in extra round. At minute 94, Huntelaar get a golden opportunity. Unfortunately, his hard shot from outside the box can be intercepted quite well by goalkeeper Cech. Goalkeeper's back to rescue a hard hit while blocking a kick from Alexander Baumjohannn front of goal at minute 105.
At the beginning of the second extra round, Schalke finally able to break the deadlock through Huntelaar. Dutchman scored his second goal through a header from a cross maximize Chinedu Ogbuke in the 106th minute.
After conceding that, Plzen trying to equalize. However, instead of menyamakanan position, it should return Plzen goalkeeper conceded a minute before the end of the second extra round. Huntelaar able to score his third goal after Ciprian Marica's cross at minute 119. The goal was eventually closed the score 3-1 which did not change until the long whistle sounded.
Teams:
Schalke: Timo Hildebrand, Christoph Metzelder, Christian Fuchs, Benedikt Howedes, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Joel Matip, Marco Höger, Julian Draxler (Alexander Baumjohann 79), Raúl, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Jefferson Farfan (Chinedu Ogbuke 73)
Viktoria Plzen: Marek Cech, Frantisek Sevinsky, Vaclav Prochazka, Marian Cisovski, Milan Petrzela (Michal Duris 65), David Limbersky, F Rajtoral, Daniel Kolar (Jakub Hora 71), Vladimar Darida, Marek Bakos, Vaclav Pilar (Thomas Berger 97)
Referee: Alan Kelly
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