Schalke 04 hot-shot Raul is relishing facing Manchester United's Ryan Giggs in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League semi-final as the two veterans, with a combined age of 70, eye one more European triumph this season.
Unfancied Schalke have surprised themselves by reaching the last four of the Champions League for the first time in their history by knocking-out holders Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. Now the Premier League giants stand in their way of a place in the final at Wembley stadium on 28 May which would be Raul's first appearance at the famous north London ground.
But first the Spaniard's Schalke team must negotiate the two-legged semi-final with the return at Old Trafford on 4 May. One of the sub-plots of the last four clash will be the confrontation between veterans Raul, 33, and Giggs, 37. Between them, the pair have 176 Champions League appearances, 98 goals - of which Raul's 71 are the tournament record - and five winners' medals.
Raul has an enviable record against the three-time European champions, having netted against them four times in three games for Real Madrid. The striker was the scourge of Inter with a goal in each game of their quarter-final encounters, while Giggs put paid to Chelsea with three fine assists in United's 3-1 aggregate last-eight win.
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