Galatasaray threatened to making one of the comebacks of all time in the Champions League if they surged from being 4-0 down on aggregate to 4-3 against Real Madrid on Tuesday morning, before in the course of time succumbing to a further late goal to freeze out 5-3 over the two legs. Currently being 3-0 down from the very first match in Madrid, the tie appeared all over when Cristiano Ronaldo knocked house from close range for a fourth Real goala'Galatasaray then needed five of the own to go through. An unbelievable fightback was then miraculously on the cards if the Turkish side won 3 times in 15 remarkable second-half minutesa'kick-started by a complete thunderbolt reach from right-back Emmanuel Eboue. GIF from 101greatgoals.com Just minutes after a shocking miss from five yards from Wesley Sneijder, exactly the same Dutch midfielder then redeemed himself with a beautiful first feel and finish, before still another elegant goal, this time around a from Didier Drogba, suddenly had the seeing Spanish supporters sitting rather more uneasily. A disallowed target for offside for Drogba then did actually rob Gala of their belief they were planning to complete a spectacular recovery, and Real got some of the sting out of the tiea'at least until Alvaro Arbeloa talked his way in to two yellow cards and a red in the room of two minutes. It wasn't to be for Gala nevertheless as Karim Benzema setup Ronaldo for his 2nd of the night time late on, delivering Real Madrid to the past four and Galatasaray out, with their pride intact but possibly wondering what might have been.
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