VALENCIA – Raul marked his first match in Spain since leaving Real Madrid with a trademark poacher’s strike to rescue a 1-1 draw for Schalke 04 in their Champions League last-16, first leg in Valencia on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old striker, who netted Real’s third goal in a 3-0 win over Valencia in the 2000 final, scored just after the hour to cancel out a 17th-minute effort from another former Bernabeu favourite, Roberto Soldado.His goal extended Raul’s record tally in the three major European club competitions to 69 and came on his return to his native country after swapping La Liga for the Bundesliga at the end of last season.’If it hadn’t hurt us so much we would be the first to congratulate him,’ Valencia coach Unai Emery told a news conference.’I think both teams deserved credit. Vicente Guaita made a lot of saves for us but in the end they managed to score. We also missed a lot of chances.’Valencia controlled play for long periods at the Mestalla but squandered a number of openings and will be disappointed not to have converted their superiority into an advantage for next month’s second leg. – Nampa-Reuters
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