Jose Mourinho is thorough. In a 3-0 win over Galatasaray, that exhaustive ruthlessness was shown by Real Madrid. Three-goal first-leg cause? Always check. Clean page? Yes. Strategic yellow cards? Oh, you bet. Once Gonzalo Higuain guided Xabi Alonso's free stop in the near post with a header, Alonso and Sergio Ramos made sure to pick up reservations. The second leg will be missed by them in Istanbul. Only one group has return from a three-goal first-leg deficit in Champions League history (Deportivo manhunter CoruAa against AC Milan in 2004). Mourinho might pay lip-service to the loss of "two crucial players," but that is simply to avoid a superb if at all possible. The past time these two ideally gathered suspensions was in November 2010. Then, in a 4-0 conquer Ajax in the group phases, Alonso and Ramos acquired red cards. And they really had to earn them, going out of their approaches to spend time and acquire 2nd whites. Ramos refused to take a free kick, playing along with his clothes, before referee ejected him. He shook the ref's hand on his solution. Both missed the ultimate, meaningless group level match, and entered the knockout times with clean disciplinary slates. The gamesmanship was not much appreciated by uefa, providing Mourinho a one-match touchline bar and fining all involved: 30,000 euros for Mourinho, 100,000 euros for Madrid, 20,000 euros for Alonso and Ramos, 10,000 euros for Iker Casillas and 6,000 euros for Jerzy Dudek. (Tv video revealed Dudek, the backup keeper, passing along Mourinho's directions to Casillas, who relayed them to Ramos.) Of course, UEFA will see it more difficult to punish this time around to Madrid. The Blancos did plenty of to cause their yellows. Karim Benzema, who obtained his 30th goal in 50 Champions League activities, left his guys full of a concern ala Nani, and eliminated a card. Ramos probably must have admitted a penalty for stepping on Burak Yilmaz's foot; rather Yilmaz was cautioned for fishing and Galatasaray's top scorer may miss the second leg. Crucial opponent Dany Nounkeu, who created a game-leading seven fights and seven interceptions, is too. "The referee was a bit worried by Real Madrid's reputation," Fatih Terim said. "It isn't to say that Real Madrid won this game because of the referee, but he was clearly not as much as this level." He's right, at least concerning the reasons Real Madrid won. Terim still hasn't found a remedy for how exactly to match January signings Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder, plus Yilmaz, who'd won in six straight Champions League activities prior to Wednesday, to the same array. Against Madrid, the Turkish instructor forced Sneijder nominally left with (former?) Spanish global Albert Riera asked to overlap. Aside from a few early long-range Drogba images, it did not work. At halftime Terim quit, hooking Sneijder down for a defense. Though he made a game-high four essential travels, Drogba tired drastically enough to suggest he needs to have made way instead. BeIN Sport was told by "against Drogba, you have to impose physical power and intervene at the right moment," 19-year-old RafaAl Varane, who led the game with three aerial duels won,. "Mourinho told me about his game and the fact that he uses his body and his actual power to his advantage. I not was told by him specially never to engage." An incongruous assault a' letting Los Blancos to help keep a primary clean sheet in 12 European meets a' only exacerbated slack defending. Emmanuel EbouA rolled right back the years and submitted an effectiveness Arsenal defenders are infamous for. First, he let He is run behind by Cristiano Ronaldo for the opener, a deft clip that requires the Portuguese ahead of Pippo Inzaghi to sixth in the Champions League goalscoring graphs, with 47 over all. Then, two of Mourinho's peculiar choices, Michael Essien and Benzema, combined, with EbouA all but ducking under the fullback's cross in order that Benzema only had to tap the ball in at the far post. After the third, when Galatasaray somehow let Real Madrid's solitary striker attack a totally free end unmarked, all that was left for the host side was to get the required concerns. "Miracles do exist in football but demonstrably it will be very hard against a team like Real Madrid," Terim said. "We played against a group determined to get the Champions League title this year." Identified enough to do the gritty, uncouth work essential, penalties be damned. Follow ZAC LEE RIGG on Twitter or shoot him a contact
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