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| Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera can only ponder what happened to their game |
The game started with a promise as thousands of Galatasaray fans packed the stadium at the start of the game. Galatasaray even poised to seize the initiative as barely couple of minutes pass, Felipe Melo's shot on target was saved only by Iker Casillas tophand save. In the 17th minute, Felipe Melo caught Wesley Sneijder's corner but missed a very close shot. A twin opportunities was available for Galatasaray in the 30th minute. Engin Baytar run circles on Madrid defenses before he saw Wesley Sneijder in good position. Baytar issued a through ball which Sneijder responded. Sneijder was able to go past the defenders and was poised to pass it to Borak Yilmaz but Sergio Ramos timely cleared the ball for the corner. In the ensuing play, Engin Baytar fired a cross to Emmanuel Eboue who heads the ball but Diego Lopes outstretched hand denied the host of what could have been their first goal.
It was Real Madrid from then on. Sami Khedira lob a long ball to Isco in the 33rd minute who latched on to it and beat Aurelien Chedjou. Isco shot on the near post got a friendly bounce and into the goal as Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera went the wrong way.
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| Isco scored the opening goal |
In the second half, Galatasaray tried to respond to Real Madrid when in the 48th minute, Borak Yilmaz header from a cross by Wesley Sneijder just grazed the far post of Real Madrid by inches. Then suddenly a series of miscues cost Galatasaray the night. In the 54th minute, Alvaro Arbeloa's clearance landed on Felipe Melo who headed into the wrong person in Isco. Isco then slides the ball to the breakaway Benzema and smashed the ball to the net. Later, in the 63rd minute, Angel Di Maria penetrated the Galatasaray defense and beat goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. Di Maria then cross the ball to the onrushing Isco who heads it to a teammate but instead got deflected by Aurelien Chedjou. Chedjou's deflection landed on Ronaldo who poke the ball into the net. Three minutes later in the 66th minute, Gareth Bale's free kick was headed by Sergio Ramos but was punched out by Muslera. The punch however went to Ronaldo who smashed the ball into the net. By this time around, the stadium was already silent and and the crowd is visibly upset at the turn of events.
Real Madrid was not yet finished though. In the 81st minute, Ronaldo received an assist from Gareth Bale. Ronaldo then squared the ball to the streaking Karim Benzema for the elegant tap in. Galatasaray finally made the scoring table when Nordin Amrabat curled a pass to Umut Bulut who scored a beautiful right footed shuffle kick that is difficult to stop.
Just as everyone thought, the goal fest is over, Cristiano Ronaldo squeeze past the defense of Aurelien Chedjou and Selcuk Inan to smash the ball again into the net.
By then, Galatasaray's night unexpectedly ended in a disaster
