Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 1 October 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Olympique Marseille
Champions League · Wednesday 1 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Olympique Marseille: match report
Atlético de Madrid won against Olympique Marseille 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 1 October 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Sergio Agüero (4') and Raúl García (22'). Olympique Marseille scored through Mamadou Niang (16').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 15th on 6 points from 3 and Olympique Marseille 22nd on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-L and Olympique Marseille's L-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 12'Yellow card · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 16'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 21'Yellow card · T. Taïwo
- 22'Goal · Raúl García
- 44'Yellow card · Pernía
- 60'Yellow card · Benoît Cheyrou
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Raúl García, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Miguel de las Cuevas, Johnny Heitinga, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego, Leo Franco
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-4-2)
Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Lorik Cana, El-Amine Erbate, Laurent Bonnart, Karim Ziani, Benoît Cheyrou, Mathieu Valbuena, Mamadou Niang, Vitorino Hilton, Hatem Ben Arfa