Galatasaray bowes out with pride, Borussia's stunning fightback - PHOTOS - VIDEO

There was no surprise in Istanbul as Real Madrid CF confirmed their progress to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, but at least Galatasaray exited the competition with their heads held high.

Cristiano Ronaldo's early goal appeared to have doused any lingering chance of an improbable home comeback, extending Madrid's aggregate lead to 4-0, but Fatih Terim's team made a real fight of it in a thrilling second half when Emmanuel Eboué, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba all found the net. Briefly Galatasaray had hope but Madrid regrouped and Ronaldo's late second goal ensured a 5-3 aggregate win – a direct repeat of the sides' 2001 quarter-final encounter.

"This is Ali Sami Yen, there is no way out" was the chant from the impressively loud home crowd before kick-off but it seemed it was their own team lacking the escape route when Madrid struck after seven minutes. When Galatasaray only half-cleared a corner, Madrid recycled the threat, Mesut Özil slipped in Sami Khedira on the right side of the box and he crossed low for Ronaldo to get in front of Eboué and score.

The deafening whistles that had greeted every Madrid touch in the opening minutes now subsided slightly and Ángel Di María would have added a second but for a brilliant save by Fernando Muslera after Ronaldo's back-heel had put the Argentinian in on goal.

At this stage Galatasaray appeared to be missing Burak Y?lmaz, their suspended top scorer. Not until the 39th minute did Madrid's Diego López have a save to make, smothering a low shot from Sneijder.

Nordin Amrabat replaced Hamit Alt?ntop at half-time as Terim looked for an improvement yet things almost got worse for the hosts as Di María teed up Ronaldo. Instead the Portuguese showed he is human after all, scuffing his attempt wide.

That reprieve proved the cue for a Galatasaray revival. They drew level on the night after 57 minutes when Sneijder's centre from the byline was met in the most emphatic fashion by Eboué, the Ivorian thumping a brilliant first-time effort high into the net from the edge of the area. Some way to score his first goal of the season.

Sneijder then missed a golden opportunity, pulling a shot wide when Fábio Coentrão inadvertently set him up, but made amends with a fine strike in the 70th minute, outwitting Raphaël Varane on the edge of the box before drilling a low finish past López. When Drogba back-heeled Amrabat's cross into the far corner 120 seconds later, the ground was rocking, yet that was as good as it got for the Turkish champions.

Drogba had an effort ruled offside and Madrid then lost Álvaro Arbeloa to a second booking, but in the closing seconds Ronaldo picked up Karim Benzema's ball and beat Muslera at his near post for his 11th goal of the competition. Madrid's pursuit of a tenth European Cup goes on.

Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga

Borussia Dortmund progressed to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1998 after a sensational 3-2 victory over Málaga CF.

On a truly memorable night, the visitors took the lead twice through Joaquín and substitute Eliseu. In spite of Robert Lewandowski's 40th-minute equaliser in between, Málaga looked set for the last four until added-time strikes from Marco Reus and Felipe Santana – in the 91st and 93rd minutes – brought an end to a remarkable debut season in the competition for Manuel Pellegrini's side.

The recently dethroned Bundesliga champions were confronted by a Málaga team who had clearly learned from last week's quarter-final first-leg stalemate. The Spanish outfit afforded their hosts precious little time on the ball early on, refusing them a sight of goal until the 16th minute when Lewandowski's delicate chip beat both goalkeeper and crossbar.

As Dortmund gradually gained a hold on possession, Málaga remained economical with the ball and used the powerful Júlio Baptista to great effect. It was the Brazilian whose expert control of a high ball led to the opening goal as his pass to Isco was fed on to Joaquín, who turned and fired through the legs of Neven Suboti? and beyond Roman Weidenfeller.

The 200th goal Borussia have conceded in UEFA competition briefly hushed the BVB Stadion, but the home fans were right to maintain faith as Dortmund conjured an equaliser which oozed class. With Jürgen Klopp's charges passing out patiently from the back, Mario Götze gave the ball infield to Reus, whose majestic flick sent Lewandowski through to round Willy and slot into the net.

Requiring another, the German club increased the intensity but had Weidenfeller to thank for keeping out a pair of free headers for Joaquín either side of the interval. Yet when Eliseu prodded in Baptista's initial finish with seven minutes left to give Málaga the aggregate advantage, it seemed a certainty that the Gelbschwarzen's dreams were over.

Dortmund, though, were not about to give up their title as the only unbeaten team in this season's competition and even after two incredible Willy saves to deny Reus and Götze, they valiantly threw everything forward.

Faint hopes were restored when Reus capitalised on a defensive mix-up to level proceedings on the night at 2-2 and set up a grandstand finale – but few, if any, of the 65,829 packed inside the BVB Stadion will forget the moment Felipe Santana poked over the line at the last to complete one of the greatest comebacks in UEFA Champions League history.



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