We present to your attention the preview of the semi-final match of the German Cup.

On Wednesday, April 18th, the second semifinal match of the German Cup will take place, in which Schalke will meet with the Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt.

Wednesday, April 18, Feltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, the beginning of the match at 21:45 Estimated composition:.

Schalke: Fermann - Istanbul, Naldo, Kerer - Kalijuri, Bentalab, Mayer, Ochipka - Harit, Gorecka - Burgstaller Eintracht F: Hradecki - Abraham, Hasebe, Russa da Costa, de Guzman, Vilmes - Wolf, Boateng - Fabian, Jovic Not will play: Rebic, Salcedo, Mascarelle - Lustenberger, Torunariga, Mittelstadt This season Frankfurt played well during most of the season and was already beginning to dream of qualifying for the Champions League. However, the announcement of the departure of Kovacs at the end of the season seems to have had a strong impact on the players, as his team limp "flew" (4: 1) to Bayer on Saturday. As a result, Frankfurt completely dropped out of the eurozone falling to seventh place - this may, of course, prove to be up to the season enough if the Frankfurt people plan to pick up the Cup. Now the main task of Kovacs is to quickly stabilize the morale of football players, if Frankfurt wants to stand on Wednesday evening in Gelsenkirchen.

In favor of Schalke say the latest results. "Cobalt" just won a long-awaited victory in the Ruhr derby. The team and the city are in incredible euphoria and on a wave of success the players are ready to roll mountains. The team Tedesco learned in the current season is very responsive to their scoring chances. Schalke does not run, rushing head first, and, first of all, tries to minimize the number of moments opponent. This is evident from the results in the German Cup, all the teams from the Bundesliga were beaten with a score of 1: 0. Now Eintracht is very similar in the manner of the game to "cobalt", but for the Frankfurt people everything also remains a problem with the game with the favorites, the team of Kovacs rarely prevails over the teams that are stronger.

Statistics:.

- Kovac won nine of his 10 matches in the Cup as a coach, the only spot in his career in the final last season. He also did not lose to Schalke (wins - 2, draws - 3).

- Frankfurt played with Schalke in the Cup more often than with any other club (nine face-to-face meetings) - Schalke - the only club among the semi-finalists who achieved victories in the current German Cup only in regular time.

- Schalke went further in four of the last five semifinal matches, losing only (1: 0) to Bayern in the 2009/10 season.

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