With Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim insisting that his side will continue to deploy their attacking style against Real Madrid, the Turkish champions could be setting themselves up for an arduous first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.
For Galatasaray, the good new is that forward Didier Drogba back for the match against Real Madrid - it may be alled thDrogba was Chelsea's key performer on their run to a first Champions League triumph last season before quitting the London club for a stint in China and then moving to Turkey.
Wednesday's clash, the fourth between the clubs in UEFA competition, also pits Drogba against his former manager at Chelsea Jose Mourinho, who is bidding to lead Real to the 10th European crown that has eluded the club since 2002.
As for Real Madrid, they will hope to win their first-leg match at the Bernabéu on Wednesday and not be reliant on victory in the hostile Turk Telekom Arena during the return fixture. Real Madrid are on a 37-match unbeaten run at the Santiago Bernabeu in all competitions, stretching back to January 2012 (W30, D7).
Probable teams:
Real Madrid: 41-Diego Lopez; 17-Alvaro Arbeloa, 3-Pepe, 4-Sergio Ramos, 5-Fabio Coentrao; 6-Sami Khedira, 14-Xabi Alonso; 22-Angel Di Maria, 10-Mesut Ozil, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo; 9-Karim Benzema
Galatasaray: 1-Fernando Muslera; 27-Emmanuel Eboue, 26-Semih Kaya, 13-Dany Nounkeu, 11-Albert Riera; 14-Wesley Sneijder, 10-Felipe Melo, 8-Selcuk Inan, 4-Hamit Altintop; 17-Burak Yilmaz, 12-Didier Drogba
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
The match is scheduled for Wednesday, 3 April at 18:45 GMT.
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