Raul Dreimal

Hundreds of miles separate the German city of Gelsenkirchen in Madrid. Until recently, nothing in the head of Raul Gonzalez was expected to be with a blue elastic in the Bundesliga where he held the goals that throughout his professional life was celebrated with the white of Real Madrid. As everything has a beginning and an end, the Real Madrid captain bundled the mat and went towards a country and a city that welcomed him like a charm. Where targets were not small feat, and where, good at first, things were twisted. Schalke 04 was, in the words of '7 ', the club became harder to sign him after his farewell to the team known of his life. He also said at the time that if it had continued in Chamartin insurance it has played. Seeing the above need Mourinho, his statement is preposterous, but looking at the basics and even has become imperative in Gelsenkirchen, is likely to have regretted not gamble in the Bundesliga.

And that, despite the season on the wrong foot. Directed by Felix Magath, the start was not the dream. Came to occupy the relegation zone, in contrast to its good performance in the Champions League, which gained access to the knockout stages and which will face Valencia. Next to another newcomer to our championship as a jury, one that has earned the confidence of the coach, Raul took a position in an attack that inspires confidence with two other Peruvian Farfán cazagoles like Huntelaar or Dutch. So, the premiere was painful after falling at home against Hamburg. The second day, at home, was surprisingly beaten by Hannover 96. And so, defeat after defeat until the fifth, which was imposed at Freiburg in enemy territory and the minimum (1-2). But the victory did not result in reaction and as she came, stalked the relegation zone.

And so, until the day fifteen. Nothing more, nothing less than to Bayern Munich and nothing more, nothing less after having fallen in the previous 5-0 to Kaiserslautern, Raul and company took the breed that carried inside, armed themselves with courage and expired in Veltins-Arena Teutonic giant 2-0. Since that match in which signed the first jury and that Raul had to leave the injured on the play after the goal for his team, the good news has not stopped coming. December is still the key month, the month of climbing , the month where the best version of Schalke 04 is coming to light. Win Van Gaal to all injected a dose of morality that was in the next stake, with the giant-killing of the championship this year, the Mainz 05. Minimal beat the runner, but won. Raúl Farfán gave the pass for the 'Foquito' mark in a crash in which locals and visitors came to fail two separate penalties. Crazy.

This Saturday, to Cologne, a new exhibit. New claims to the resurgence of Schalke. And who better to exemplify this feat an expert in these conflicts: Raúl. The '7 ', a ridge that gave him this summer with all the kindness of fellow Chinese world Hao Junmin (which now looks '8'), threw the team on his back, and signed a hat-trick with which end the match (3-0). Taking advantage of an opponent's defensive frailties also fight out of the pit, Spanish marked the first of an accurate header. The second was a perfect shot after collecting the ball inside the area and the third another magnificent horse mackerel, again with the head, which led to him being substituted for the Veltins-Arena tier chanted his name. Schalke 04 peeps and head in the classification (tenth, five points off the European zone and walks up to seven of the hazard) due mainly to the success of their new idol. Dreimal Raul, three times Raul.

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