Emery: The presence of Raul Will Make Matches More Weight
Valencia coach, UNAI Emery, acknowledged that the first leg last 16 of the LC, contra Schalke 04 on Tuesday (14 / 2) local time, will gain weight because of the presence of Raul Gonzalez in the line of attack Die Knappen.
Had synonymous with Real Madrid, Raul Gonzalez chose to pull out of Los Merengues in the summer transfer market last year. Former Spanish national team striker to move to the Bundesliga and join Schalke 04. In addition to Raul, Die Knappen also obtain signatures Christoph Metzelder.
Aware that the sequence Schalke 04 striker is inhabited by one of the leading scorer in the history of Real Madrid, Valencia coach, UNAI Emery, acknowledged that the first leg match, which brought his team with Schalke 04, will gain weight with the presence of Raul Gonzalez. Nevertheless, Emery was also aware that not only the 33-year-old striker who could be a threat for his team.
"Raul will make the game harder. They also have two other former Madrid player (Christoph) Metzelder, (Klaas-Jan) Huntelaar, plus Raul, indicating they have great potential. Raul and Huntelaar is their main goalscorer. But, we know exactly who we are facing. defender we already have all the information about their attacking line and we know what they can do, "Emery said as reported by the goal, on Monday (14 / 2).
Not only that, talking about his team chances to get through to the next round, Emery stated that the chances of his team with Schalke 04 is still as great. "Real Madrid and Barcelona is the favorite team to become champions Champions League, because they can match the quality of Inter and Manchester United. The game tomorrow night is still 50% for us. We believe in the potential that we have and we respect Schalke. We also know that to get away from this round, we should be able to play well, "said 39-year-old coach.
