Real Madrid 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 21 November 2006

Result

Real Madrid 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Champions League · Tuesday 21 November 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Real Madrid 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Real Madrid drew with Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 November 2006. It was 1-2 at half-time.

John Carew opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Mahamadou Diarra (39') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (83'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through John Carew (11') and Florent Malouda (31').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 17th on 9 points from 4 and Olympique Lyonnais 7th on 12 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L and Olympique Lyonnais's W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · John CarewOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Jérémy ToulalanOlympique Lyonnais
  • 31'Goal · Florent MaloudaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 39'Goal · Mahamadou DiarraReal Madrid · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Anthony ReveillereOlympique Lyonnais
  • 54'Yellow card · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 75'Yellow card · Roberto CarlosReal Madrid
  • 83'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Fabio CannavaroReal Madrid
  • 89'Missed penalty · Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Florent MaloudaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+2'Yellow card · RaúlReal Madrid
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Real Madrid 0, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 2.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up

Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Iván Helguera, Mahamadou Diarra, Emerson, Robinho, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Guti, Ruud van Nistelrooy

Olympique Lyonnais line-up

Gregory Coupet, Francois Clerc, Anthony Reveillere, Eric Abidal, Sébastien Squillaci, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Florent Malouda, Jérémy Toulalan, John Carew, Cris, Tiago