By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Didier Drogba and his Galatasaray staff buddies have when they attempt to overturn a 3-0 debt against Real Madrid in the next leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday a hardcore task. Drogba, who won the name last year with Chelsea, will need some cheer from his efficiency in Saturday's domestic title game against Mersin Idman Yurdu when he scored two second-half ambitions in a 3-1 win. But, the mood at Galatasaray was soured at that game by coach Fatih Terim's frustration at refereeing choices in a row which led to him and his two assistants being delivered to the stands, overshadowing arrangements for Tuesday's reunite leg in Istanbul. In Madrid the other day, Galatasaray were taught "a good lesson" by the Spanish side, in accordance with Drogba. "We are not at their level but I think it's too little knowledge more than any such thing else," Drogba told beIN Sport. "We are learning, we're a group. You will find things that need improving. "It is a good lesson, and one we've to show we've learned well in the return leg. We wished to contain Madrid but we might have done it in another way, with violence and more audacity. We could have caused them problems as we'd chances but that is the way in which it is," he said. Among Galatasaray's biggest headaches is the lack of essential striker Burak Yilmaz, who's stopped after picking right on up a card in Madrid. Turkish press reported on Friday that the Istanbul part had applied to UEFA to truly have the yellow card annulled. Galatasaray is likewise absent main defender Dany Nounkeu after his booking in Madrid led him out. RONALDO TARGET True romped to a 5-1 victory at home to mid-table Levante on Saturday as coach Jose Mourinho left several top entertainers, including forward Cristiano Ronaldo, out of his starting lineup. Ronaldo came off the counter at halftime with Real top 2-1 and netted his 29th purpose of the Manhunter Liga campaign before establishing other substitute Mesut Ozil. Center right back Sergio Ramos and midfielder Xabi Alonso both played the full 90 minutes because they are stopped for Tuesday's game. "It might be that individuals come in our most readily useful type of the season," Ronaldo, top scorer in the Champions League in 2013 with nine objectives, told reporters. "We have an entire squad with all the current players available and that is very good news." On Tuesday's game in Istanbul, he added: "It is a tough match and our passage to another round isn't yet assured. Three goals is really a big lead but we've to get there and play and at the least get one purpose. "We have to take things step by step, game by game, but I do believe we've an excellent possibility of dealing with the final." Teams (probable ): Galatasaray: 25-Fernando Muslera; 27-Emmanuel Eboue, 26-Semih Kaya, 11-Albert Riera, 53-Nordin Amrabat; 14-Wesley Sneijder, 10-Felipe Melo, 8-Selcuk Inan, 4-Hamit Altintop; 19-Umut Bulut, 12-Didier Drogba True Madrid: 41-Diego Lopez; 17-Alvaro Arbeloa, 2-Raphael Varane, 3-Pepe, 5-Fabio Coentrao; 6-Sami Khedira, 19-Luka Modric; 22-Angel Di Maria, 10-Mesut Ozil, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo; 9-Karim Benzema.
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