Intro:

Schalke 04 prepared on Monday (October 20th) for their UEFA Champions League Group E meeting with Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Roberto di Matteo, Schalke manager (on Schalke's position in Group G):

"Well I think it's, not too bad. Everything is still to play for and obviously you want to win your home games in the Champions League, 'cause in my experience it is very tough to win away from home. So we're looking forward (to) tomorrow to play another home game and, hopefully that puts us in a good situation."

SOUNDBITE: (German) Roberto di Matteo, Schalke manager (on Sporting Club):

"Sporting Lisbong are a technically gifted team which likes to be in possession of the ball and plays four-three-three. I think that Marco Silva is an exceptionally good young coach with good ideas, so it will be up to us not to grant them that possession and to not let them take control of the game."

SOUNDBITE: (German) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Schalke striker (on Roberto di Matteo):

"Of course every coach is different, so things are always changing with a new coach, but it is difficult to tell you anything in detail at the moment. You should have seen them both coaching, it is too much to tell you all the differences. Personally, I just concentrate on the way we train now."