{"id":36260,"date":"2013-04-03T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T09:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=36260"},"modified":"2024-02-17T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T09:22:46","slug":"real-madrid-vs-galatasaraythe-turks-wants-make-big-surprise-in-bernabeu-match-preview-champions-league-news-36260","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/real-madrid-vs-galatasaraythe-turks-wants-make-big-surprise-in-bernabeu-match-preview-champions-league-news-36260\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid vs Galatasaray:The Turks wants make big surprise in Bernabeu, match preview \/ Champions League News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Real-Madrid-vs-Galatasaray-Champions<\/a><\/h1>\n

Real Madrid is strong but\u00a0Galatasaray won his reputation by doing always some big surprises, Jose Mourinho afraid of Drogba, Sneijder and Burak Yilmaz.<\/h1>\n

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is hoping his goalshy team rediscover their goalscoring form in the first-leg of their Champions League quarter-final here against Turkish giants Galatasaray on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo kept up his imperious form with his 43rd goal of the season in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 draw away at Real Zaragoza, but the lack of goals from other areas of the pitch concerns Mourinho.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps that is one of the differences this season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast season with four chances we would score three goals, we were scoring goals with great ease and the only one who has maintained a similar average has been Cristiano.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed since the turn of the year, Ronaldo has nearly outscored his teammates single handedly with 21 goals to their combined 23.<\/p>\n

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However, Mourinho is particularly concerned about the form of strikers Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the others have gone down in their numbers of goals and obviously the team feels the consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goals will come. If they don\u2019t arrive on Wednesday, then we hope they will do so in the next game, but it is a reality that we are having some difficulties in scoring goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mourinho also indicated that Iker Casillas would not be involved against the Turkish champions despite returning to training following a hand injury.<\/p>\n

Raphael Varane and Fabio Coentrao are though expected to return after missing the Real Zaragoza league game with slight muscle injuries and Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria will start after being rested at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Jose Mourinho, though, is determined his side take a lead to Istanbul rather than living on their nerves as they did in the previous round against Manchester United where they drew the first leg in Madrid 1-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be tough, but we must try and get a positive result at home in the first leg, which is not what we managed to do against Manchester United (a 1-1 draw in Madrid).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must go there with at least a small advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mourinho said while some might have felt Galatasaray were one of the easier teams to draw he was not of that opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a team that is used to the Champions League and who not only have two former winners of this competition, (Didier) Drogba and (Wesley) Sneijder, but also players who have played for other top clubs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers like Emmanuel Eboue who was at Arsenal, Felipe Melo who came from Juventus, Albert Riera from Liverpool and Fernando Muslera from Lazio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team also has an excellent coach (Fatih Terim), the best in Turkey, who also coached at one time in Italy, with a bunch of supporters who are unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder have played under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and Inter Milan respectively and Sneijder has said he enjoyed the best time of his career under the Portuguese at Inter Milan.<\/p>\n

\u201cMourinho is like a second father to me,\u201d he told Spanish sports daily Marca.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a machine. In football we have players who are machines and since I have known Mourinho we can say we have managers who are machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a very special person for me. As a coach he is incredible, the number one. He gave me confidence and I enjoyed playing football like never before.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as a person he brought a lot more than just his work as a coach. Mourinho is a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Dutch international also believes that his side have a chance of progressing if they can ensure the tie is still alive for the return leg in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us it is very important to arrive at the game in Istanbul with a realistic chance of going through. If we manage to arrive here with the tie still open it would be incredible.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur fans always support the team a lot and anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real Madrid vs Galatasaray Probable Lineups<\/h2>\n

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Real Madrid:<\/strong>\u00a0Diego Lopez, Alvaro\u00a0Arbeloa, Raphael\u00a0Varane, Sergio Ramos, FabioCoentrao;\u00a0Sami\u00a0Khedira, Xabi Alonso; Angel Di Maria,\u00a0Mesut\u00a0Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo; Gonzalo\u00a0Higuain<\/p>\n

Galatasaray:<\/strong>\u00a0Fernando\u00a0Muslera; Emmanuel\u00a0Eboue,\u00a0Semih\u00a0Kaya, Dany\u00a0Nounkeu, Albert\u00a0Riera;\u00a0Hamit\u00a0Altintop, Felipe\u00a0Melo,\u00a0Selcuk\u00a0Inan; Wesley\u00a0Sneijder;\u00a0Didier\u00a0Drogba,Burak\u00a0Yilmaz<\/p>\n

Real Madrid have a fully-fit squad at their disposal for the Champions League quarter-final first-leg meeting with Galatasaray at the Santiago Bernabeu.
\nDefenders Raphael Varane (back) and Fabio Coentrao (foot) have recovered from injuries and are set to start, while Diego Lopez is expected to keep his place in goal ahead of the fit-again Iker Casillas.<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria should all return to the starting line-up after being rested on the bench for Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

Galatasaray boss Fatih Terim could field the same starting XI that overcame Schalke in the round of 16 second leg in Germany.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old has a virtually full-strength squad to choose from, with Tomas Ujfalusi (knee) the only absentee.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid vs Galatasaray Interesting Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Galatasaray\u00a0players have been offered a\u00a0\u20ac25,000 bonus by their president\u00a0UnalAysal\u00a0should they prevail against Real Madrid .<\/li>\n
  • The same story suggests Los\u00a0Blancos\u00a0players will pocket\u00a0\u20ac500,000 if they go on to win the competition.<\/li>\n
  • For any number geeks, the Turkish side don’t have any first-team players with No. 1- No. 3\u2014Hamit\u00a0Altintop\u00a0is No. 4.<\/li>\n
  • If Madrid make the semifinals,\u00a0Mourinho\u00a0would equal Sir Alex Ferguson’s record of reaching that stage of the tournament seven times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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