By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, April 9 (Reuters) - Real Madrid achieved the Champions League semi-finals despite a 3-2 reduction at Galatasaray on Tuesday after targets from Cristiano Ronaldo at the start and end of a pulsing fit received a 5-3 combination gain to the Spaniards. Madrid seemed perfectly on course for an opportunity at earning a European Cup when Ronaldo obtained in the seventh minute - his 10th purpose in this season's opposition - with a close-range strike after Sami Khedira pulled in a low mix from the right. Emmanuel Eboue put Galatasaray stage on the night in the 57th, rifling house from the side of the area after a draw back from Wesley Sneijder who put them forward in the 70th when he sent the ball between Raphael Varane's legs before a cool finish. Two minutes later, Drogba expanded Galatasaray's result in 3-1 with a wonderful rearfoot within the place from Nordin Amrabat's cross before Ronaldo added his second in the next minute of damage time after being set up by Karim Benzema. (Producing by Daren Butler; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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