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French Ligue 1: Bordeaux’s record at stake, Marseille vs Lyon turns up the heat
On Saturday, AC Ajaccio will host rock-bottomed Nice. Dijon will face Valenciennes while second-placed Montpellier will try to keep the pressure on PSG with victory over Brest.
PSG lead the way in the French Ligue 1 with 46 points from a possible 63. They will be at home to Evian TG. All these matches, among a few others, will start at 6:00pm GMT (1:00pm EST).
Bordeaux vs Toulouse will close the night in an 8:00pm GMT (3:00pm EST) kick-off. These two teams are 8 points apart in the table. Whatever the result on Saturday, Les Girondins won’t move up from the 9th position as they lack 6 points behind eighth-placed St Etienne.
A Look Ahead to the Champions League Draw on Friday
Italy is the nation with most sides in the round of 16. Germany, Spain, Russia, England and France each are represented by two sides in the competition. Cyprus, Switzerland and Portugal are each represented by one team. All these teams have made their passages through tough groups with perhaps the exception of Barcelona and AC Milan. These two sides were drawn with Plzen and Bate, two relative novices at this level, in the group stage.Nonetheless, Barca and Milan must be given credit for qualifying as the novices have risen this season. Whereas experienced competitors such as Manchester United, Villarreal, Porto and Valencia have gone out, the likes of Apoel Nicosia and FC Basel have progressed into the knockout stages.
Real Madrid tipped to reach knock-out stages tonight with first victory in Lyon
Real Madrid have experienced defeat at the Stade de Gerland so many times. They are yet to clinch victory at that venue but their marvelous form—both in La Liga and in the UEFA Champions League—could inspire them to a breaking of the Lyon curse.The Spanish giants have not conceded a goal in Europe and they’ve taken maximum points from their first 3 matches. Olympique Lyon, meanwhile, have only scored twice so far and they are 5 points adrift Real Madrid.
“We want to defeat Olympique Lyonnais because doing so would qualify us for the next round and we'd practically be group leaders for sure,” Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho declared during the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid out to tame the demons of Olympique Lyon
Iker Casillas, who has participated in 8 previous UEFA Champions League encounters against Les Gones, is hoping to build on Real Madrid’s strength to cast the Lyon demons for good.“They are uncomfortable rivals for us and they know they have our respect,” the Madrid captain told during the pre-match press conference.
“In the 2009/10 campaign they took an important step into the last eight at our expense but last year we ended our nightmare of not having advanced past the last 16 [in the six previous campaigns] and we did so against Lyon.”
Casillas continued:
UEFA Champions League playoffs: Setanta to broadcast 3 matches live
A day later, Setanta Sports will broadcast Olympique Lyonnais’ game away to Rubin Kazan and Arsenal’s encounter away to Udinese as they happen. Kick-off time for Rubin Kazan vs Olympique Lyonnais is at 11:55am EST and 8:55am PST. Meanwhile, the Gunners’ match is set to start at 2:40pm EST and at 11:40am PST.
Real Madrid vs Tottenham: Madrid’s Long-Awaited Gift And Men To Watch
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid’s Long Journey In The ‘Wasteland’
Several years have passed since the Spanish powerhouse last had to play for the Champions League’s quarterfinals. Probably, questions related to this bizarre fact lie over the mystery of how they kept crushing out of the competition repeatedly at the same stage. Below, we take a brief look at all the campaigns of Los Merengues in Europe, from September 2003 to their disqualification last season.
UEFA Champions League 2003/04 season: Crushed in the quarterfinals
Seven seasons ago, Real Madrid began their European campaign in Group F; a group containing the likes of FC Porto, Marseille, and Partizan. The Spanish giants convincingly topped their group with 14 points after six games played—three points ahead of the Portuguese giants. Los Blancos then faced Bayern Munich in the ensuing stage of the competition, only to crush the Germans 2-1 on aggregate. Their run however came to an end in the quarterfinals, subsequent to a defeat on away goals to French side AS Monaco. Mysteriously, it was their last year in the Last 8.
Cristiano Ronaldo And Co Depend On Real Madrid’s Fans To Beat Lyon
One of Cristiano Ronaldo’s biggest objectives as a Real Madrid player – since quitting Manchester United – has been to win the UEFA Champions League with the Spanish giants. But last season, Ronaldo and his team mates disappointingly failed to achieve anything in Europe. Their new-look squad was apparently not ready enough to crumble the big rock that has been denying them the path to the quarter-finals of the Champions League since the past years. So how many more seasons must go by before the Spanish giants break their Last 16 jinx?
Champions League – Real Madrid vs Olympique Lyon: 5 Things You Must Know
Although each game in football is a new 90 minutes sequence, history often seems to have a big impact on a team’s fate in cup football, and so do recent runs or various statistics. Tonight, Real Madrid will affront Olympique Lyon; and that French side is certainly not the best team in the world. But the importance of this Champions League encounter has transformed the Spanish giants’ task into an enormous one.
An unconcerned person may ask, ‘Isn’t it just a Last 16 match that Madrid wil be playing?’ Certainly, but there is more to Wednesday night’s Real Madrid vs Olympique Lyon match than “just” a quarter-final spot at stake. Yes, and this is the case because of what history confines. Los Blancos have a big curse to destroy.
Real Madrid vs Lyon: 5 Tips For Real Madrid To Reach The Quarterfinals
Real Madrid Tip #1 vs Lyon: Being Ready To Make Surprises In The Line-Up
Everybody certainly expects Coach Jose Mourinho to fill in his strongest squad against the French giants, in an attempt to seal his side’s authority at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday evening. As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo, along with Karim Benzema and a host of other instrumental Madrid players are anticipated to start; nevertheless, a bit more courage from the Portuguese manager could really turn things around in an interesting way.
Most at times, the very first minutes of a game are used by teams for adaption, and discovery of strategies. The opening moments in fact influence most of an encounter’s remainder, and the Real Madrid boss could actually take advantage of this plain fact—yet, in a smart manner.
Real Madrid vs Lyon: Sergio Ramos Puts Faith In Away Goal Ahead Of Second Leg
“We are obliged to win the Lyon tie. It was a shame [not to do so in France] since we played a good match,” Real Madrid’s official website quoted Sergio Ramos as saying.The defender then looked back at the outcome of the meeting in which Karim Benzema got the opening goal before Bafetimbi Gomis levelled the result at 1-1. He continued:
“We had a great result with ten minutes to go in the match, but it ended up with a draw. However, we can't be negative.
“We know that an away goal is very important,” Ramos concluded.
Lyon 1-1 Real Madrid: Blancos With One Foot In Or Out From Next Round?
Olympique Lyon 1-1 Real Madrid: Lucky French Survive
On Tuesday night, Olympique Lyon showed again that their luck at the Stade de Gerland against 9-time UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid was no fluke. In a scrappy game as it was, Bafetimbi Gomis had the final word after former Lyon play maker Karim Benzema broke Real Madrid’s barren record in terms of goals away to Les Gones.
In fact, Olympique Lyon had to thank the wood-work for saving them a couple of times in the early stages of the second period. Firstly, Cristiano Ronaldo – who has quite a good record against French teams – smashed a free-kick off the top of the post in the 49th minute. A few seconds later, defender Sergio Ramos also had his header from a corner hit the wood-work.
Lyon vs Real Madrid: We Respect Real, But Want To Win – Lyon’s Cris
In the last 6 years, Real have not reached the Last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, and on some occasions, the 7-time French champions were the reason. Lyon—who have never lost to Los Blancos—also ended Real’s campaign on the European stage last season.Hence, defender Cris believes his team’s historical advantage gives them more chances of succeeding against Jose Mourinho’s army tonight, regardless of the anticipated presence of Real’s superstars. Cris however rebuked the manner through which the Spanish press attempted to encourage Los Merengues to triumph in their last meeting; and as indicated by AFP, the stopper said:
“We have played Real 6 times for 3 wins and 3 draws. Each match had a different story. It’s going to be more complicated this time because Real have not gone beyond the Last 16 for 6 years.
Lyon vs Real Madrid: We Need To Break Last 16 Curse - Oezil
Winning in France in the first leg will give Los Blancos a huge advantage in the ongoing round, as they could still rely on the Away Goals rule—in the case where things turn out to be complicated at the Bernabeu Stadium in the return leg, next month. Real Madrid have not been lucky in the Champions League’s Last 16 in the past few years, crushing out at this stage of the competition over and over again.Despite spending well over a hundred million Euros in the 2009 summer transfer window, Los Merengues were incapable of edging past Lyon early in the Champions League’s knockout phase in the ensuing season. A change is surely needed, and tonight could produce the first part of Real’s miracle.
Real Madrid Must “Pour Out Their Guts” To Beat Lyon, Says Adebayor
The task is huge, but with Jose Mourinho at the head of a team consisting of top players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, the majority of the public has tipped Madrid to triumph on Tuesday. However, loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor prefers to take things very seriously. The ex-Monaco striker is very familiar with Olympique Lyon and he has asked his Real Madrid team mates to offer a big sacrifice if they want to break their Champions League Last 16 curse.
“Lyon has quality players in their team, and we will have to suffer [to beat them],” Adebayor told AS.
Olympique Lyon vs Real Madrid – Video Highlights Of The Match’s History
Real Madrid have never beaten Olympique Lyon despite meeting the French side six times in total. Los Blancos’ miserable head-to-head history against “the Kids” has been emphasized by poor defensive statistics. Lyon have actually scored 10 goals against Madrid to clinch an overall 10-4 record.
This has been possible for the French team because of their robust achievements against the Spanish giants at the Stade de Gerland in the UEFA Champions League. They’ve hosted Real Madrid 3 times and they’ve defeated them 3 times as well. The irony, however, is that the gap between Olympique Lyon and Los Blancos decreases little by little.
The Kids triumphed 3-0 over Real Madrid in 2005 before winning 2-0 in 2006 and only 1-0 most recently. Live Soccer TV takes you back to what happened in the past Olympique Lyon vs Real Madrid UEFA Champions League matches through video highlights.
Real Madrid Vs Olympique Lyonnais: We Are Confident Of A Victory - Carvalho
Real Madrid have not progressed beyond the second round in the UEFA Champions League for the last six years. However, hopes are high among the Madrid fans that they would be able to progress further this season and they need to do that by beating Lyon first.Ricardo Carvalho, who won the Champions League with Porto in 2004, believes that they have the squad to beat Lyon on Tuesday night.
"We know the importance of this event for the club and the players," the 32-year-old told UEFA.com. "We will try to score a goal and get a good result before the return game.
Cristiano Ronaldo Confident Of Breaking Champions League Curse “Once And For All”
Last season, Real Madrid came so close to putting an end to it. Like it is the case this year, they were paired with Olympique Lyon in the Round of 16. After losing the first leg 1-0 in France, Real Madrid were left with the task of winning at the Santiago Bernabeu at all cost. In the return leg, an early goal by Cristiano Ronaldo put the home crowd on their feet. But a late equalizer from Olympique Lyon’s youngster Pjanic shattered Real Madrid’s ambitions.
Los Blancos had to find 2 more goals during the last 15 minutes of the match – something which they failed to achieve. Eventually, they crashed out from the UEFA Champions League at the Last 16 stage for the sixth year in a row.
Gourcuff Will Always Be Gourcuff, says Wendel
Yoaan Gourcuff has been the target of the French press on numerous occasions this season but former teammate and Bordeaux believes that writing off Gourcuff is a mistake.“Gourcuff is Gourcuff,” Wendel explained to RMC. “He was especially confident at that time; everything went well. He was comfortable on the field; he had a lot of confidence. The coach and the players were behind him.
“Everyone goes through difficult times. He'll become the player who finished the best Ligue 1 player in 2009. He has not lost his technique, finesse and vision. He must continue to work.”
Cristiano Ronaldo: Chelsea Not Among Champions League Favourites
There is more than 3 weeks to go before matches of the UEFA Champions League’s Last 16 stage take place. However, Cristiano Ronaldo has already analysed the competition in general in terms of the favourites. In an interview with reporters, the Real Madrid star explained that the Blues cannot rank themselves alongside Barcelona or Manchester United in Europe. Cristiano Ronaldo declared:
“Manchester United, Barcelona and us (Real Madrid) are favourites. Then, I’d say that there is a small group which includes Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Internazionale.
“Chelsea? I don’t consider them as favourites because they’ve changed a lot.”
Champions League: Oh! No, Not Real Madrid – Olympique Lyon’s Jean-Michel Aulas
Olympique Lyon owner Jean-Michel Aulas has witnessed his team’s excellent record against Real Madrid over the past years in the Champions League. However, he has revealed that he didn’t to face Los Blancos for yet another time although last season’s Olympique Lyon-Real Madrid tie ended in favor of the French.After the Champions League draw on Friday, Jean-Michel Aulas talked to the club’s official website about being paired against Florentino Perez’s revolutionized team. He revealed:
“That’s the draw I was fearing the most because revenge should have given us the opportunity to face Bayern Munich [against which Lyon lost in last season’s semis].