MADRID (AP) -- With a exhibit, Real Madrid put itself in primary position to attain the Champions League semifinals. Cristiano Ronaldo scored seven minutes in, and Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain added objectives in a 3-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday evening in the very first leg of these quarterfinal. Ronaldo put the nine-time champions ahead with when he split up defenders Emmanuel Eboue and Semih Kaya, went onto a perfectly weighted through-pass from Mesut Oezil and cracked goalkeeper Fernando Muslera with a left-footed shot from 10 yards. Ronaldo has 45 goals this year, including a Champions League-leading nine. Benzema doubled the lead in the 29th with a right-footed shot from 8 meters after Michael Essien's corner went over Eboue and landed at Benzema's feet. Higuain replaced Benzema in the 65th and obtained Madrid's third purpose seven minutes later on a header on Xabi Alonso's free end. Galatasaray, light emitting diode by Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder, faces a tough tak in the next leg of the total-goal series Tuesday in Turkey. ''If we score a target, they will have to score five. In football I have seen therefore many incredible things, nothing can surprise me,'' Madrid instructor Jose Mourinho said. ''Istanbul is a very hard destination for a play. They'll fight quite difficult against us. The history of baseball is filled with wonders, and I will take to and tell my people that it is not totally all over yet.'' Alonso and Sergio Ramos will soon be stopped for the next leg for yellow-card deposition. ''Of program 3-0 is a negative result,'' Galatasaray instructor Fatih Terim said, criticizing Norwegian referee Svein Oddvar Moen. ''The referee did not dare offer a handful of charges against us. We'd our chances, also, but we didn't change them.'' In Wednesday's different sport, Malaga was help a 0-0 link at Borussia Dortmund. In Tuesday's activities, Barcelona tied 2-2 at Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich won 2-0 at home against Juventus.
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