Olympique Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2009
Result
Olympique Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Olympique Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid: match report
Olympique Marseille lost to Real Madrid 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Lucho González (11'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (5'), Raúl Albiol (60') and Cristiano Ronaldo (80').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 30th on 7 points from 5 and Real Madrid 13th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Real Madrid's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 9'Yellow card · Brandão
- 11'Goal · Lucho González
- 29'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 37'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 60'Goal · Raúl Albiol
- 63'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 66'Yellow card · Casillas
- 69'Missed penalty · Lucho González
- 80'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Laurent Bonnart, Souleymane Diawara, Benoît Cheyrou, Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Lassana Diarra, Rafael van der Vaart, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Xabi Alonso