Raul makes it safe for Schalke

SCHALKE will face Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final after beating Inter Milan for the second time in eight days last night.

Following last Tuesday’s emphatic 5-2 victory in Italy, it was the talismanic Raul and defender Benedikt Howedes who scored the goals which rubber-stamped Schalke’s advance to the final four.

Inter failed to create anywhere near enough chances to bring about the unlikely comeback the defending European champions were hoping to achieve, only Thiago Motta managing to get his name on the scoresheet.