CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Real Madrid 3 v Galatasaray 0 in Madrid. Gonzalo Higuain of Real Madrid honors his team's next goal. Picture: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno Source: Getty Photos A huge step have been taken by real Madrid towards because they beat Galatasaray 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu attaining the Champions League semi-finals for the next consecutive year. Borussia Dortmund were left to rue missed chances against Malaga at La Rosaleda as their first leg finished in a 0-0 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo got Real Madrid off to the right start as he calmly cracked home from Mesut Ozil's great through basketball after only eight minutes. Karim Benzema then doubled Madrid's lead on 29 minutes with a straightforward end at the back post from Michael Essien's corner and Gonzalo Higuain headed home the next 17 minutes from time to seal an extremely satisfactory evening for the hosts. Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim had signalled his intention to attack by naming the group of Wesley Sneijder, Didier Drogba and Burak Yilmaz in his starting line-up. But, because of this the Turkish winners skilled a lot of for Madrid to create in midfield, with Ozil in unique glowing in the first-half. The German international set-up the opener as he acquired Xabi Alonso's pass before turning and giving Ronaldo to dink the ball over the developing Fernando Muslera for his ninth Champions League purpose of the plan. An immediate reply was nearly produced by drogba for the readers as he spun Raphael Varane on the edge of the box, but with an obvious view of goal the Ivorian lashed wildly wide of the goal. Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. True Madrid three v Galatasaray 0 in Madrid. Burak Yilmaz of Galatasaray is challenged by Sergio Ramos (L) and Sami Khedira. Picture: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno Source: Getty Images Wide from 20 yards as Galatasaray went in search of the away goal was also fired by sneijder. Nevertheless, that was opening gaps that Madrid love to use on the counter-attack and from another sprightly break Ozil required Muslera right into a great low save. Drogba did hit the target with another long-range attack that Diego Lopez can only turn behind for a corner and Galatasaray had a great claim for a penalty turned down when Sami Khedira appeared to handle inside his or her own region. Yet, these were still struggling to cope at the back and went further behind when Essien's corner just evaded Ronaldo but dropped completely for Benzema to slot in off the near post. Emmanuel Eboue had a good chance to give Terim's men a lifeline right before half-time as he broke through on purpose after a nice exchange of moves with Drogba, nevertheless the former Arsenal defender fired his shot too close to Lopez, who made a cushty save. Maybe identifying the error of his approaches to begin the game, Terim changed Sneijder with Gokhan Zan at the break. Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. True Madrid three v Galatasaray 0 in Madrid. Burak Yilmaz of Galatasaray challenges for a with Raphael Varane of Real Madrid. Picture: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno Source: Getty Photographs The change to a 5-3-2 creation did allow the guests to stem the tide of Madrid attacks in the next period, but the Spanish winners should have scored a when Angel Di Maria was found by yet another beautiful Ozil pass only for the Argentine to volley meekly into Muslera's arms. The tie was practically killed off by way of a third Madrid purpose 17 minutes from time though as alternative Higuain glanced house Alonso's in-swinging free-kick. And Galatasaray's night was summed up when Yilmaz saw a yellow card for diving when he was challenged by Sergio Ramos, meaning he will now skip the return-leg on Tuesday. Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Malaga 0 v Borussia Dortmund 0 in Malaga. Malaga's midfielder Isco (M) vies with Dortmund's Polish opponent Lukasz Piszczek. Picture: Jorge Guerrero Source: AFP DORTMUND REJECTED IN MALAGA STALEMATE Borussia Dortmund were left to rue a host of missed chances as their Champions League quarter-final first knee against Malaga at La Rosaleda finished in a 0-0 draw. The effect means it will be all to perform for at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund in next Tuesday's minute leg, although the Bundesliga side might live to regret perhaps not getting an away goal. Borussia do nevertheless remain the only unbeaten group in the Champions League this season, while their good home form was continued by Malaga with a performance, especially in the second period. Their record of never losing a European tie at home is now extended to a 14th game. The Spaniards had very nearly a full squad to pick from and favored Javier Saviola in advance to Roque Santa Cruz while the Germans were missing their influential centre-half Mats Hummels. Dortmund left-back Marcel Schmelzer, who broke his nose against Stuttgart at the weekend, surprisingly began the overall game with a mask protecting his injury. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Malaga 0 v Borussia Dortmund 0 in Malaga. Dortmund's striker Marco Reus (M) vies with Malaga's Manuel Iturra. Picture: Jose Jordan Source: AFP Both parties were understandably cautious in the opening phases but Saviola got near to opening the scoring for the home area on eight minutes after good play on the from Jesus Gamez found the Argentinian in place in the field. However, the small Argentine pulled his chance just broad. Right after, the German side had their first chance of a number in the first period each time a long ball out of defence was headed into the course of Mario Goetze by Robert Lewandowski, but Willy Caballero was quick to get down to preserve well for the hosts. Caballero was the hero again five full minutes later after clever passing from the Germans had exposed the house defence when he made an improved save at close range from the same person. Borussia's cool quick passing game was beginning to dominate proceedings and Caballero had to be sharp again on 25 minutes to deny a Marco Reus travel from beyond your region. Next it was Kevin Grosskreutz who shot extensive for the readers after more problems were caused by another quick move in the Spanish defence. On the half-hour tag, Malaga center half Weligton received a card when all he could do was pull down Lewandowski to prevent another assault, with the card meaning the important Brazilian defense will miss the second leg in Germany. Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Malaga 0 v Borussia Dortmund 0 in Malaga. Malaga's Brazilian ahead Julio Baptista (3rd D). Picture: Jorge Guerrero Source: AFP The second leg will be also missed by malaga midfielder Manuel Iturra after picking right on up a card later in the game. Borussia's Polish ahead Lewandowski was looking lively and creating Malaga problems at every opportunity. At one other end Malaga showed signs before half-time of creating their particular problems and Roman Weidenfeller needed fast reactions to palm away a Weligton header. The Spanish part started initially to exert more control within the center of the message after the interval which slowed down their opponents and made purpose chances less frequent. Certainly it was not until when Goetze broke down the proper before shooting extensive of the post for Borussia, the 65th moment, that either side had a critical attempt on goal. A minute later, Weidenfeller had to prevent a rasping travel from Isco at the other end to make the preserve of the game, causing all to be resolved in the get back.
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