By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL, April 8 (Reuters) - Didier Drogba and his Galatasaray group partners have once they try to overturn a 3-0 debt against Real Madrid in the next leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday a tough job. Drogba, who won the name last period with Chelsea, will need some cheer from his effectiveness in Saturday's domestic title game against Mersin Idman Yurdu when he scored two second-half aims in a 3-1 win. But, the feeling at Galatasaray was soured at that game by instructor Fatih Terim's anger at refereeing decisions in a line which led to him and his two assistants being delivered to the stands, overshadowing preparations for Tuesday's return leg in Istanbul. In Madrid the other day, Galatasaray were taught "a good lesson" by the Spanish side, in accordance with Drogba. "We aren't at their level but I do believe it's deficiencies in experience significantly more than beIN Sport was told by anything else," Drogba. "We are learning, we are a new team. There are things that need improving. "It is an excellent training, and one we have to exhibit we have learned well in the get back leg. We wanted to incorporate Madrid but we could did it in a different way, with more audacity and aggression. We might have caused them problems as we had chances but that is the way in which it is," he said. Certainly one of Galatasaray's biggest headaches may be the lack of crucial striker Burak Yilmaz, who's stopped after picking up a card in Madrid. Turkish press reported on Friday that the Istanbul part had applied to UEFA to truly have the yellow card annulled. Galatasaray is likewise missing key opponent Dany Nounkeu after his scheduling in Madrid ruled him out. RONALDO GOAL Real romped to a 5-1 victory in the home to mid-table Levante on Saturday as instructor Jose Mourinho left several top artists, including forward Cristiano Ronaldo, out of his starting lineup. Ronaldo got off the table at halftime with Real primary 2-1 and netted his 29th goal of the Manhattan project Liga campaign before setting up other alternative Mesut Ozil. Hub straight back Sergio Ramos and midfielder Xabi Alonso both played the total 90 minutes because they are stopped for Tuesday's game. "It could be that people have been in our most readily useful type of the season," Ronaldo, top scorer in the Champions League this season with nine objectives, told reporters. "We have a whole squad with all the players available and that's very good news." On Tuesday's game in Istanbul, he added: "It is just a difficult match and our passage to another round is not yet assured. Three goals is really a major lead but we've to get there and play and at the very least get one goal. "We have to simply take issues step by step, game by game, but I think we have a great potential for getting to the final." Groups (likely ): Galatasaray: 25-Fernando Muslera; 27-Emmanuel Eboue, 26-Semih Kaya, 11-Albert Riera, 53-Nordin Amrabat; 14-Wesley Sneijder, 10-Felipe Melo, 8-Selcuk Inan, 4-Hamit Altintop; 19-Umut Bulut, 12-Didier Drogba Real Madrid: 41-Diego Lopez; 17-Alvaro Arbeloa, 2-Raphael Varane, 3-Pepe, 5-Fabio Coentrao; 6-Sami Khedira, 19-Luka Modric; 22-Angel Di Maria, 10-Mesut Ozil, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo; 9-Karim Benzema. (Additional reporting by Iain Rogers in Madrid; Editing by Daren Butler and Clare Fallon)
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