DORTMUND, Germany (AP) -- Needing two goals in second-half stoppage time, Borussia Dortmund's Champions League dreams appeared bleak. What followed was one the absolute most remarkable late comebacks in the tournament's history. Marco Reus and Felipe Santana won injury time, and Dortmund high level to the semifinals for the first time in 15 years by whipping Malaga 3-2 Wednesday evening adhering to a scoreless first leg last week. ''I only can't really feel it,'' explained Neven Subotic, the Dortmund opponent who grew up in Salt Lake City and played for the U.S. Under-20 team. ''This is the craziest second in all of my footballing career.'' Real Madrid reached the final four for the third straight year, keeping off Galatasaray to progress on 5-3 blend despite a 3-2 loss in Istanbul. Cristiano Ronaldo obtained the first and final goals of the game for Madrid, providing him 48 goals in 47 matches in 2013 - including a Champions League-leading 11. At Dortmund, Malaga create a 2-1 lead on objectives by Joaquin in the 25th and Eliseu in the 82nd around Robert Lewandowski's 40th-minute goal for the hosts. Reus won in the first of four minutes of stoppage time after Mats Hummels sent a lengthy ball from the guts circle over Martin Demichelis. The ball landed for it was tapped by Subotic, who to Santana. His attempt was blocked, and Reus put the jump with a left-footed picture from 8 yards. That tied the aggregate, making Dortmund behind on absent targets. Lewandowski then got Marcel Schmelzer's throw-in about 25 yards out and sent the ball in to the penalty area, with several opponents in what appeared to be offside positions. The ball was chested by julian Schieber down to Reus, who crossed facing the target. It bounced off opponent Vitorino Antunes, and Schreiber beat goalkeeper Wilfredo Caballero to the ball. It moved back away Antunes at the target line and arrived to Santana, who tapped it in. ''I think I need to visit a medical practitioner. It feels like we have won the trophy,'' Dortmund instructor Juergen Klopp said. ''My colleagues and me were looking at each other in surprise in the dressing room and saying 'this is ridiculous.' Here is the best I have ever felt.'' Dortmund had not reached the semis since 1998, per year as a result of its only title in Europe's top team match. A year later came the most famous Champions League comeback, when Manchester United scored twice in stoppage time and energy to conquer Bayern Munich in the final. Under instructor Manuel Pellegrini, Malaga was trying to get to be the first group to achieve the semis in its Champions League debut since Villarreal in 2006, also coached by Pellegrini. ''We continue to be wanting to arrive at terms in what happened,'' Malaga forward Roque Santa Cruz said. ''We were four minutes far from the semis. There is large frustration in the dressing room. We'd the tie inside our hands.'' Coming off a 3-0 win at home this week, Madrid went forward on Ronaldo's seventh-minute purpose, which left Galatasaray seeking five to win. The aggregate gap is cut by goals by Emmaneul Eboue in the 57th, Wesley Sneijder in the 71st and Didier Drogba in the 72nd before Ronaldo won in the next minute of stoppage time. On Wednesday, Barcelona hosts Paris Saint-Germain following a 2-2 attract the initial leg and tries to attain its sixth straight semifinal. Juventus is house wanting to overturn a 2-0 debt against Bayern Munich. The semifinals pull is Friday.
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