Teenage super sub puts Schalke in German Cup semis

Teenage super sub puts Schalke in German Cup semis
Teen super-sub Julian Draxler Tuesday placed Schalke 04 in the semifinals of the German Cup after scoring the winner in overtime to seal a 3-2 win over Nuremberg, a few minutes off the bench.

The Germany Under-18 midfielder, making only his third appearance at the Schalke came off the bench in the 116-minute quarters and three minutes later he scored from the edge of the penalty area for a fairytale final.

"It 's hard to describe how this feels, I was only on the ground, in the last five minutes and I never imagined it would happen," said the stunned teen.

"I have tomorrow if I'm going there to visit some of my classmates to see what they do.

"It would be awesome to play in the final in Berlin."

Draxler only signed a professional contract earlier this month has attracted attention in the Schalke training camp.

He played the first German in Hamburg ten days ago, playing to become the youngest player to play in the Bundesliga, Schalke 17 years and 117 days.

Holders Bayern Munich are in action Wednesday in the second division Alemannia Aachen, but Tuesday's quarterfinals belonged Draxler that broke the heart of Nuremberg with virtually the last move of the game.

The Royal Blues, who won the last four years the German Cup in 2002, twice came from behind to level of performance and a half of normal time remaining, but at Nuremberg, who won the cup in 2007, has never given up .

The visitors took the lead when striker Julian Schieber put his team ahead with less than five minutes of play

Schalke, who reached the last 16 of the Champions League has opened the Veltins Arena when Germany defender Christian Pander set up by Swiss striker Mario Gavranovic is 14 minutes.

Schieber struck again with the bullet-shaped deposits that gave Germany the Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer no chance on 32 minutes when a cross turned dramatically.

But the Royal Blues showed the fighting spirit that saw them reach the knockout stages of European football competition with a large internal equalizer this time the midfielder Ivan Rakitic of Croatia in 58 minutes.

Neither side could break the deadlock and the game went into overtime before Draxler scored the winning goal.