Usually a Champions League quarter final first leg is quite cagey and settled by the odd goal or two. Well yesterday saw two of the quarter final first legs and there was eleven goals between them with two sendings off.
In Italy, Inter Milan hosted Shalke in what could be one of the shocks of the tournament so far. Although the reigning champions took the lead in the opening minute of the tie when Dejan Stankovic volleyed a Neuer clearance from just inside the Shalke half into the back of the net. That was ruled out by Joel Matip who secured Shalke's away goal after seventeen minutes. Diego Milito then regained the lead for Inter after 33 minutes but again Shalke equalised, this time through Edu seven minutes later. After equalising twice, Shalke then took the lead in the second half when Raul rolled back the years eight minutes after the restart. It was 4-2 just five minutes later when Andrea Ranocchia scored an own goal. It got worse for Inter when Christian Chivu received his second yellow card two minutes after the hour before Edu potentially finished Inter off, making it 5-2 after 75 minutes.
Tottenham's European dream also seems to be all but over after a thrashing at the Bernabeu. Spurs were met by a few familiar faces in ex-Chelsea boss Mourinho, ex-Arsenal and current Man City player Adebayor and of course ex-Man United Ronaldo. It was possibly their biggest rival, Adebayor, who opened the scoring after just five minutes. Tottenham's night was seemingly cut short when Crouch received a second yellow moments after his first for two silly tackles within a quarter of an hour. They paid the price in the second half and Adebayor made it 2-0 with his second header twelve minutes after the restart. Angel Di Maria put the game to bed after 72 minutes but Ronaldo may have put the tie to bed with Real's fourth, three minutes from the end.
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