Ronaldo Takes Real Madrid to Champions League Last Four for Record 24th Time

Ronaldo rejoices his goal over Galatasaray

It was Cristiano Ronaldo's day when Real Madrid played their Champions League quarterfinal match against Galatasaray last evening.

Although the match ended in 3-2 in favour of Galatasaray, Real Madrid made it 5-3 on aggregate to reach the last four stage for a record 24th times.

Ronaldo opened the account for Real Madrid in the 8th minutes and then rested and waited like a hungry lion to strike at the right moment.

Meanwhile Galatasaray scored three goals in the second half. Eboue struck in the 57th minute, while Sneijder and Drogba scored a goal each at a minute's interval in the 71st and 72nd minute.

And then they left the match for Ronaldo to win over. Ronaldo struck just before the final whistle in the 90th minutes as he drilled past Fernando Muslera in injury-time - almost 90 minutes after seemingly ending their hopes with the opener.

The home crowd erupted as they sensed a remarkable upset, but in truth Galatasaray failed to capitalise as Mourinho brought on Raul Albiol for midfielder Mesut Ozil to stifle the hosts.

via BBC Cport/Football 
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Real Madrid Vs. Galatasaray: UEFA Champions League - Quarterfinal First Leg | Watch Live Free Streaming - 2 April 2013

Real Madrid face Galatasaray in the Quarterfinal First Leg of UEFA Champions League Wednesday day night tonight.

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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