Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. True Madrid three v Galatasaray 0 in Madrid. Gonzalo Higuain of Real Madrid remembers his team's next goal. Picture: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno Source: Getty Photographs A huge step have been taken by real Madrid towards because they beat Galatasaray 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the next consecutive year. Borussia Dortmund were left to rue missed possibilities against Malaga at Manhattan project Rosaleda as their first leg concluded in a 0-0 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo got Real Madrid down to an ideal start as he calmly chipped home from Mesut Ozil's amazing through ball after just eight minutes. Karim Benzema then doubled Madrid's cause on 29 minutes with an easy finish at the back post from Michael Essien's corner and Gonzalo Higuain headed home the next 17 minutes from time to close a highly satisfactory morning for the hosts. Galatasaray director Fatih Terim had signalled his intent to attack by naming the group of Wesley Sneijder, Didier Drogba and Burak Yilmaz in his starting line-up. Nevertheless, because of this the Turkish winners gifted a lot of for Madrid to generate in midfield, with Ozil in particular glowing in the first-half. The German international set-up the opener as he acquired Xabi Alonso's pass before turning and feeding Ronaldo to dink the ball over the developing Fernando Muslera for his ninth Champions League goal of the campaign. Drogba almost created a sudden answer for the guests as he spun Raphael Varane on the edge of the field, but with a definite view of purpose the Ivorian lashed wildly wide of the goal. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Real Madrid three v Galatasaray 0 in Madrid. Burak Yilmaz of Galatasaray is questioned by Sergio Ramos (M) and Sami Khedira. Picture: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno Source: Getty Photos Sneijder also fired wide from 20 meters as Galatasaray went in search of the away goal. But, that was checking gaps that Madrid like to use on the counter-attack and from yet another sprightly break Ozil forced Muslera in to a great low save. Drogba did reach the prospective with still another long-range attack that Galatasaray had a great state for a punishment and Diego Lopez can just turn behind for a large part rejected when Sami Khedira appeared to handle inside his or her own area. Yet, they certainly were still struggling to deal at the back and went more behind when Essien's corner only evaded Ronaldo but dropped correctly for Benzema to position in off the near post. Emmanuel Eboue had a great opportunity to give Terim's men a lifeline prior to half-time as he broke through on purpose after a neat exchange of moves with Drogba, nevertheless the former Arsenal opponent fired his shot too close to Lopez, who made an appropriate save. Perhaps recognising the error of his methods to begin the game, Terim changed Sneijder with Gokhan Zan at the break. CHAMPIONS 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 formation did allow the guests to stem the tide of Madrid attacks in the next period, but the Spanish winners must have won a when Angel Di Maria was found by still another beautiful Ozil pass just for the Argentine to volley meekly into Muslera's hands. The link was almost killed off by way of a third Madrid target 17 minutes from time however as exchange Higuain looked 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 questioned by Sergio Ramos, meaning he will now miss out the return-leg on Tuesday. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Malaga 0 v Borussia Dortmund 0 in Malaga. Malaga's midfielder Isco (M) vies with Dortmund's Polish defender Lukasz Piszczek. Picture: Jorge Guerrero Source: AFP DORTMUND DENIED IN MALAGA STALEMATE Borussia Dortmund were left to rue a host of missed chances as their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Malaga at La Rosaleda ended in a 0-0 draw. The end result means it'll be all to perform for at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund in next Tuesday's second leg, although the Bundesliga side may live to regret maybe not getting an away goal. Borussia do but remain the only unbeaten staff in the Champions League this season, while their good home form was continued by Malaga with a controlled performance, especially in the 2nd period. Their record of never losing a European tie at home is currently extended to a 14th game. The Spaniards had very nearly a full team to select from and favored Javier Saviola in advance to Roque Santa Cruz as the Germans were missing their powerful centre-half Mats Hummels. Dortmund left-back Marcel Schmelzer, who broke his nose against Stuttgart at the week-end, remarkably started the game with a mask defending 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 sides were understandably cautious in the opening stages but Saviola got near to opening the score for the house part on seven minutes after good play on the right from Jesus Gamez found the Argentinian in space in the field. But, the small Argentine pulled his shot only large. Soon after, the German side had their first chance of several in the first time when a long ball out of protection was headed into the path of Mario Goetze by Robert Lewandowski, but Willy Caballero was quick to get down to save well for the hosts. Caballero was the hero again five full minutes later when he made an improved preserve at close range from the same person after the home defence had been opened up by slick passing from the Germans. Borussia's neat rapid passing game was just starting to take over proceedings and Caballero must be sharp again on 25 minutes to reject a Marco Reus drive from outside the area. Next it was Kevin Grosskreutz who shot large for the guests after still another quick transfer caused more issues in the Spanish protection. On the half-hour mark, Malaga middle half Weligton acquired a card when all he could do was pull down Lewandowski to avoid still another attack, with the card meaning the important Brazilian opponent may skip the second leg in Germany. Winners LEAGUE, quarter-finals, first leg. Malaga 0 v Borussia Dortmund 0 in Malaga. Malaga's Brazilian forward 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 overall game. Borussia's Polish ahead Lewandowski was looking energetic and creating Malaga issues at every opportunity. At the other end signs were shown by Malaga before half-time of producing their own issues and quick reflexes were needed by Roman Weidenfeller to side away a Weligton header. The Spanish side begun to exert more get a grip on over the heart of the frequency following the period which slowed down their opponents and made goal chances less frequent. Indeed it was not until the 65th minute, when Goetze broke down the best before shooting wide of the far post for Borussia, that either side had a critical attempt on goal. One minute later, Weidenfeller had to stop a rasping travel from Isco at the other end to make the save of the game, leaving all to be decided in the get back.
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