German National Cup: David vs. Goliath inc

Interesting game last night. Bayern Munich, the favorited team, vs. Schalke. And guess what, Schalke won and they earned that win.

During the game Schalke displayed the perfect tactic against this season's Bayern: do not let their wingers, Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben, get a shot at anything. Where Ribéry is not really in shape right now and pretty much destroys his game by himself, Robben is still one of the most dangerous players in the world. But, if you keep harrassing him, you take away his joy which results in a significant performance drop, to be seen last night. Munich, having their tactics designed to especially favor those two players, was shot down entirely. This could be the way to go for Hannover 96 this weekend and I'm sure Hannover's Coach Slomka has kept an eye on Bayern's last matches. Just keep counterattacking and keep pressuring "Robbery"!

Now that Schalke has andvanced to the final of the cup, there will be mathcup "David vs. Goliath". Schalke, who have won the cup 4 times so far, have an amazing squad this season. Their estimated value is around 132,000,000€ (or 183,018,000 US$) altogether with an individual average of about 4 million € (or 5.5 million US$). I take these estimates from transfermarkt.de; that site usually has a surprisingly precise number.

Schalke's opponent will be the MSV Duisburg. It is a team from Germany 2nd division who won against another 2nd division team. Their altogether value is just 17 million € with an individual average of 630k €. What a difference! But what seems to be so clear could be misleading: In 1992 a 2nd divion club managed to actually win the cup. It's name? Hannover 96.

Do you think "David" Duisburg has a chance against "Goliath" Schalke? Which team will win? On a site note: My roommate, ManU fan since forever, is so sad because they lost to Chelsea. What could I do to cheer him up?