Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring early in the first half before Karim Benzema doubled the hosts’ lead. Substitute Gonzalo Higuain’s second-half header put the result beyond doubt, and made Madrid’s task in the second leg at the Turk Telecom Arena next Tuesday look far easier.Ozil could have doubled the lead when a long Sergio Ramos header out of defence led to Madrid attacking, but the midfielder, receiving the ball from Ronaldo, could not put his shot past Muslera.The tactical change did not help the visitors’ attacking ambitions any, and they went on to pose even less of a threat after the break as they had before it.Madrid had their first attempt on two minutes, Benzema heading just over the bar after a cross from Angel Di Maria, and they took the lead after nine minutes.Galatasaray’s best chance of the half fell to Emmanuel Eboue just before the interval. The former Arsenal player burst through on goal but hit his shot straight at Diego Lopez’s legs.Xabi Alonso supplied the ball up to Mesut Ozil from his own half and the German played a one-two with Benzema, which allowed him space to deliver an excellent low pass into the path of Ronaldo, who calmly chipped the ball over goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and into the net.
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