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Mallorca 1-4 Galatasaray
Mallorca had beaten Monaco 4-1 in the home leg of the last round and looked the better side for most of the first half of the quarter-final, first leg game. But two finely chipped goals either side of half-time put Galatasaray firmly in the driving seat. After a neat exchange of passes, Arif Erdem lobbed Mallorca keeper Leo Franco from the edge of the box to give the Turks the lead after 44 minutes. Galatasary made it 2-0 shortly after the re-start when Emre Belozoglu skilfully controlled a high ball and, with the Mallorca defence watching, turned and sent a perfect chip over Franco who was only slightly off his line. Driven on by their vociferous supporters, Galatasary extended their lead after 58 minutes when Mallorca's defence failed to cut out a long ball and Hakan Sukur ran on to score. Mallorca, last season's beaten finalists in the European Cup Winners Cup, looked shattered as Okan Buruk rounded Franco to make it four after a neat pass from Erdem seven minutes later. With 12 minutes to go, Lauren Bisan claimed a consolation goal for the Spaniards, firing home after Brazilian World Cup keeper Claudio Taffarel could only parry a shot. Mallorca's Yugoslavian winger Jovan Stankovic, who created several chances for the home side the first half, hit the post with a free-kick in the dying minutes but it was Galatasaray's night. In the last round they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in Germany then shut-up shop in the goalless second leg. They should have little difficulty securing the result they need next Thursday to take them into a European semi for only the second time. The first was a 5-1 aggregate defeat by Steaua Bucharest in the 1989 European Cup. Soccernet
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