Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E āwangawanga ana a Schalke ki ngā wharanga o ngā kaitākaro tokowhā, tae atu ki a Benedikt Howedes rāua ko Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, mō te whakataetae Champions League o te Rātū ki Real Madrid. Ko te kaitautoko a Howedes me te kaitakawaenga o mua o Real Huntelaar i mau i nga whiu i te wikitoria 3-1 Bundesliga i te kainga ki Hoffenheim me te kaitakawaenga a Marco Hoeger me te kaikawe a Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. 'Ko wai ka taea te takaro ka whakatauhia i muri i te huihuinga whakangungu whakamutunga,' i kii te kaiako a Roberto Di Matteo i te huihuinga purongo i te Mane. Ko Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (pokapū) he wharanga mo te whakataetae Champions League a Schalke ki Real Madrid. I whiua a Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting e Schalke i te wikitoria o Schalke ki Hoffenheim. Ko te kaitiaki poitūkohu o Schalke a Wetklo e ruku ana ki te whakaora i te wa o te whakangungu i te Mane i Spain. Ahakoa kaore o raatau raru whara, me te aukati o te kaitakawaenga a Kevin-Prince Boateng, ka raru a Schalke i te Bernabeu i muri i te hinganga 2-0 ki nga kaipupuri i te ra tuatahi o te 16 whakamutunga i Gelsenkirchen. I takahia e Real i roto i te La Liga, ka ngaro i te waahi tuatahi ki a Barcelona i te mutunga o te wiki i muri i te 1-0 i Athletic Bilbao, engari kaore he raruraru ki te haere i mua i te taha o te Bundesliga. Ko te wikitoria mo nga tangata a Carlo Ancelotti ka taurite ki te rekoata Champions League mo nga wikitoria o te kainga (12) me te pakaru i te rekoata mo te nuinga o nga wikitoria i te rarangi katoa. I rite a Real ki te whakataetae Bayern Munich-ko te wikitoria 10 o nga wikitoria i Schalke. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Schalke a Roberto Di Mateo e anga atu ana ki tētahi mahi whakamataku ki te whakamātau ki te patu i a Madrid ki waho. I hinga a Schalke i te 2-0 ki te rangatira o Madrid i te tukinga tuatahi o te tukinga whakamutunga 16 i Tiamana i te marama kua hipa. Kei te whakangungu ngā kaitākaro o Schalke i a rātou e whakarite ana ki te tākaro ki Madrid i te Rāhoroi. 'Kia whai tatou i te ra tino rite te kapa, me te tumanako to tatou hoa riri e kore i runga i te puka super,' ka mea Di Matteo nei ko te kaiako o Chelsea ina riro ratou te 2012 Champions League. 'Mēnā ka taea e mātou te whakatutuki i te whāinga tuatahi ka tino whakamīharo. Ko te mea nui ko te kaha me te whakahaere i a tātou hei kapa. 'Ki te mea...
Kei mua a Schalke i te 2-0 i muri i te tukinga tuatahi o te Champions League ki Real Madrid. Ka haere rātau ki Santiago Bernabeu me ngā feaa i runga i ngā kaitākaro tokowhā. Ko Klaas-Jan Huntelaar rāua ko Benedikt Howedes i roto i ngā āwangawanga.