Real Madrid 5-2 APOEL: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2012
Result
Real Madrid 5-2 APOEL
Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 5-2 APOEL: match report
Real Madrid won against APOEL 5-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 April 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (26'), Kaká (37'), Cristiano Ronaldo (75'), José Callejón (80') and Ángel Di María (84'). APOEL scored through G. Manduca (67') and Esteban Solari Poggio (82', penalty).
Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; APOEL received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 25 points from 9 and APOEL 6th on 23 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and APOEL in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 0 for APOEL.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-D-W-W and APOEL's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 37'Goal · Kaká
- 67'Goal · G. Manduca
- 75'Yellow card · S. Poursaitidis
- 75'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 80'Goal · José Callejón
- 82'Penalty goal · Esteban Solari Poggio
- 84'Goal · Ángel Di María
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raphaël Varane, Kaká, Granero, Hamit Altıntop, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nuri Şahin, Gonzalo Higuaín
APOEL line-up (4-2-3-1)
Urko Pardo, Paulo Jorge, Kaká, William, Hélio Pinto, Nuno Morais, Marcinho, Ailton, Constantinos Charalambidis, Savvas Poursaitidis, Gustavo Manduca