Real Worries

Galatasaray made Real Madrid shake in their shoes for a few good minutes in the second half of their second-leg meeting, tonight.

Down three goals from the first leg, Galatasaray went down even further, to 0-4 on aggregate, when Ronaldo made it Galatasaray 0 - 1 Real, after only 7 minutes of play.

But, between the 57th and the 72nd minutes, the team from Istanbul had a magical quarter-hour of play, with three goals that could have shaken any team. Also, Sneijder also missed an amazing opportunity, at 1-1, on top of everything.
Having gotten three goals so quickly (but somewhat luckily, it should be mentioned, especially the Drogba goal), the Turkish side had practically 20 minutes or so to score two more, in order to advance.

They did put the ball in the net a fourth time, but it was offside.

Real, however, did not crumble. They had the best chances in the remaining minutes. Ronaldo had a chance to make it 3-2, a few minutes after Drogba's goal, but his shot went just over.

He would not be denied his eleventh goal of the campaign, however, in injury time.

Galatasaray could not get any closer. And they could not even hold Real at bay till the end, either.

That's what makes great teams great.

Even though Galatasaray deserves commendation for playing their chances till the very end, nobody can say Real was not the side most deserving of making it to the semifinals.

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To give a perfect example, from this match, which illustrates why it's so disgusting to see how much power these (sometimes retarded) referees have in the footballing world, check out how Arbeloa was eliminated only for making a gesture that suggested the referee acted insane. As insulting as his gesture may have been to Lannoy, the last time I checked freedom of speech and movement were still basic human rights.