Farfan fires Schalke to quarter-finals

JEFFERSON FARFAN struck twice as Schalke fought back from an early deficit to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Valencia last night.

Valencia, having drawn 1-1 at home, needed just 17 minutes to cancel out Schalke’s away goal when Ricardo Costa headed them in front before but the home side turned things around.

Farfan drew Schalke level with a brilliant 25-yard free-kick in the 40th minute before Mario Gavranovic netted seven minutes into the second half. Schalke then sealed the victory and qualification when Farfan netted their third deep into injury-time.