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Galatasaray advances with 3-2 win at Schalke

12 March 2013 22:49 (UTC +04:00)

Umut Bulut scored the winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time, though Galatasaray was already through with a 2-2 draw.

Barcelona also advanced with a 4-0 win over AC Milan, overcoming a 2-0 deficit from the first leg. Roman Neustadter put Schalke ahead in the 17th minute but Galatasaray fought back with two goals before halftime.

Hamit Altintop scored with a long-range shot against his former team in the 37th and Burak YÄ±lmaz stunned the hosts by putting Galatasaray ahead with a breakaway goal five minutes later, his eighth of the competition.

Michel Bastos levelled for Schalke 04 just after the hour but the Germans could not find the winner despite dominating the closing stages, with Umut Bulut snatching a win for Galatasaray in injury time.

The Turkish side went through 4-3 on aggregate after handing Schalke their first defeat of the competition.