Portuguese striker is relieved after Real Madrid entered semis on aggregate despite losing 3-2 to Galatasaray
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo felt his side contributed to their own problems against Galatasaray last night and hopes they will learn from the experience for future matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images
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Madrid looked to be cruising through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after Ronaldo’s early goal put them 1-0 up at the Ali Sami Yen stadium and 4-0 up on aggregate against their Turkish opponents on Tuesday.
However, Jose Mourinho’s men ended up having to weather a second-half storm as Gala struck three times in 15 minutes through Emmanuel Eboue, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba to leave the outcome of the tie in some doubt.
Gala continued to press in the final quarter of an hour but could not find another breakthrough and Ronaldo settled the contest with his second goal in stoppage time, making it 5-3 on aggregate.
Ronaldo, whose side lost Alvaro Arbeloa to a red card late on, believes Madrid should never have allowed things to get as close as they did.
Own fault
He said: “It was our own fault things became complicated. In football you cannot give anything away and you need to play for 90 minutes.
“What happened here cannot be repeated in the future.”
The Portugal international added: “We’re happy to have gone through. We’ve fulfilled the objective and now we wait and see who we’re drawn against.”
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