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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 9'Yellow card · BrandãoOlympique Marseille
  • 11'Goal · Lucho GonzálezOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid
  • 37'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 60'Goal · Raúl AlbiolReal Madrid · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Iván HeinzeOlympique Marseille
  • 66'Yellow card · CasillasReal Madrid
  • 69'Missed penalty · Lucho GonzálezOlympique Marseille
  • 80'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 1-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Olympique Marseille 0, draws 0, Real Madrid 3.

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