Real Madrid 4-1 CSKA Moskva: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 14 March 2012
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 CSKA Moskva
Champions League · Wednesday 14 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 4-1 CSKA Moskva: match report
Real Madrid defeated CSKA Moskva 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 14 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (26'), Cristiano Ronaldo (55'), Karim Benzema (70') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90+4'). CSKA Moskva scored through Z. Tošić (77').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; CSKA Moskva received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 6th on 19 points from 7 and CSKA Moskva 25th on 9 points from 7. 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 CSKA Moskva in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for CSKA Moskva.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-W-W and CSKA Moskva's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Sergey Chepchugov
- 26'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 32'Yellow card · Aleksei Berezutskiy
- 39'Yellow card · Ahmed Musa
- 50'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 55'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 70'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 77'Goal · Z. Tošić
- 84'Yellow card · Pavel Mamaev
- 90+4'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
CSKA Moskva line-up (4-4-2)
Sergey Chepchugov, Aleksei Berezutskiy, Vasily Berezutskiy, Georgi Schennikov, Pontus Wernbloom, Alan Dzagoev, Evgeni Aldonin, Seydou Doumbia, Ahmed Musa, Zoran Tošić, Sergey Ignashevich