Istanbul: Real Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals for the third straight season on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 at Galatasaray following a second-half resurgence by the Turkish team. Madrid needed a double from Cristiano Ronaldo to advance 5-3 on aggregate, but only after conceding three goals in a 16-minute span to raise Galatasaray's hopes of pulling off what would have been a remarkable comeback.
Ronaldo looked to have wrapped up the quarter-final series by scoring in the seventh minute for a 4-0 overall lead, requiring Galatasaray to score at least five goals to advance. The Portugal forward scored again in stoppage time for his 48th goal - including a competition-high 11 in the Champions League - in 47 matches this season. But only after Galatasaray came alive following Emmanuel Eboue's 57th-minute leveler.
Galatasaray forward Wesley Sneijder scored in the 71st, before Didier Drogba added another goal a minute later. Both previously played under Madrid coach Jose Mourinho - Sneijder at Inter Milan, Drogba at Chelsea.
Madrid was hanging on at this stage as the crowd, whipped up into a fervor, urged Galatasaray on....
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02:39 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Drogba, who took the winning penalty for Chelsea in last season's final, scored with a header five minutes into his Galatasaray debut on Friday. ...
04:23 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart and Arjen Robben have been left out of the Netherlands squad for next week's friendly against Italy. ...
07:30 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Drogba is teaming up with Wesley Sneijder at Galatasaray, giving the Turkish club a second major signing in a week. ...
10:56 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Inter technical director Marco Branca said Sneijder would not play until he made a decision about his future. ...
04:45 PM, Jan 16, 2013
A brief statement from the Turkish club on Saturday said a deal was reached with Inter but that talks with the Dutch ongoing were ongoing. ...
07:00 PM, Jan 12, 2013
A move to the Premier League looks the most obvious choice for the talented Dutch playmaker at the moment. ...
11:47 AM, Dec 29, 2012
Rome: Dutch footballer Wesley Sneijder is reportedly set on his way to Paris Saint-Germain following a contract renewal row with Italian giants Inter Milan. The Dutchman has been told he won't play until he signs a new contract which lowers his six million euro per season wages, reports Xinhua. According to SportMediaset, a deal has already been struck with PSG to sell the midfielder next month when the transfer window...
12:20 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Milan: Still in the middle of a contract dispute with Inter Milan, playmaker Wesley Sneijder is injured again. Inter say on their website that the Netherlands international sat out training Friday with a leg muscle problem. Sneijder hasn't played for Inter since September. First he was sidelined for two months with another injury, but then Inter technical director Marco Branca said last month that Sneijder wouldn't play again until he...
11:07 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Milan: The future of Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder at Inter Milan remains uncertain following a meeting with the club Monday in an apparently failed attempt to resolve a contract dispute. "We're trying to see if we can reach an agreement on another basis, otherwise he'll stay and play," Inter president Massimo Moratti said. "The important thing is that he's in form and will play as soon as he can. ......
10:29 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Milan: Inter president Massimo Moratti has insisted that he in no way "wants to force" Wesley Sneijder into signing a new contract, so the Dutch midfielder could possibly be released on a free transfer. The Nerazzurri have made it clear they do not intend to keep paying the Dutchman's six million euros per season as wage, reports Xinhua. The club announced Sneijder would not play until he had agreed to...
12:45 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Milan: Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni says his decision to keep Wesley Sneijder out of the squad is not linked to the player's dispute over a new contract. The Netherlands playmaker is set for talks with club officials on Monday over a deal which reportedly requires him to take a pay cut. Stramaccioni says after Inter's 1-0 win over Palermo that "the president didn't tell me not to use him....
11:16 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Rome: Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti has urged parties concerned to use common sense while sorting out Dutch football star Wesley Sneijder's contract row. Sneijder has been told he will not play again for the Italian football giants unless he takes a pay cut, reports Xinhua. He could be sold in January, with reports suggesting Schalke and Manchester United were interested. But the Argentine defender has admitted that the club...
12:18 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Rome: Inter Milan will consider selling Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder after talks over accepting a wage cut stalled. Sneijder, a standout player in their 2010 treble season but who media reports say is newly-frugal Inter's top earner with a six million euro annual salary, again looks set to be left out of their match with Palermo on Sunday. "Sneijder isn't playing because the coach doesn't think he's at his best,...
05:26 PM, Nov 30, 2012
The Hague: Wesley Sneijder has replaced Mark van Bommel as the new captain of the Dutch football team, head coach Louis van Gaal announced ahead of Wednesday's friendly match against Belgium in Brussels. Van Bommel announced his retirement from the national team after the early exit at Euro 2012. The 28-year-old Sneijder has played 87 internationals and was being considered as the natural leader of the team, reports Xinhua. Van...
05:09 PM, Aug 15, 2012
If you had any doubts that something was wrong with the Netherlands football team, they were compounded after defeat to Denmark over the weekend. If you still thought it was just one bad loss and that one of the pre-tournament favourites would bounce back, then you missed Wesley Sneijder's strong comments before the game against Germany on Wednesday. "It is time we let these pathetic egos go. If somebody is...
01:33 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Wesley Sneijder's transfer to Inter Milan has gone through. ...
11:04 PM, Aug 29, 2009
Nerazzurri are reported to be close to an agreement for a lucrative loan deal. ...
12:13 AM, Aug 14, 2009
