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FC Zürich

Olympique Marseille

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  1. Heinze gives Marseille win

    Heinze gives Marseille win

    Gabriel Heinze struck against FC Zurich at the Letzigrund to give Marseille their first points in Group C of the Champions League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • FC Zürich
    • Olympique Marseille
    • 90+3 Full-time. Marseille win - their first victory in Europe in six attempts.
    • 90+2 Red card for Laurent Bonnart. Second booking.
    • 90+2 Alain Rochat heads over following a corner. Should have done better.
    • 90' Three extra minutes to play.
    • 90' Decent effort from Duric. A long range effort flying past the post.
    • 84' Adrian Nikci on for Johan Vonlanthen and Almen Abdi replaces Xavier Margairaz.
    • 82' Marseille sub. Charles Kabore replaces Lucho Gonzalez.
    • 77' Gabriel Heinze in the book for some aggressive tackling.
    • 74' Going back to the goal. Lucho Gonzalez crossed from the right, Gabriel Heinze peeled off his marker at the back post and sent a sweet right foot volley into the back of the net. A great finish!
    • 72' Change for Zurich. Milan Gajic off, Dusan Duric on.
    • 69' Great chance for Zurich. Silvan Aegerter met a free-kick at the back post, but his header is turned round the post by Mandanda.
    • 69' GOAL!!!! Marseille take the lead. Gabriel Heinze scores with a great volley! His second goal of the competition.
    • 68' Yellow card for Marseille's Laurent Bonnart.
    • 65' Double change by Marseille. Mathieu Valbuena replaced by Bakari Kone and Cheyrou comes off for Fabrice Abriel.
    • 63' Booking for Margairaz.
    • 63' Booking for Silvan Aegerter for a foul on Lucho Gonzalez.
    • 57' Mathieu Valbuena volleys wide from the edge of the box. Misses the target, but it was a decent effort.
    • 57' Normal service resumed. Rubbish.
    • 55' Zurich need to get Johan Vonlanthen on the ball more. He can make things happen.
    • 50' This is more like it. More exciting than the first.
    • 48' Brandao slides the ball across the face of the Zurich six-yard box. Just needed a touch...
    • 47' Zurich's best effort of the game. Johan Vonlanthen received the ball on the edge of Marseille's penalty area, before beating his man and unleashing a right foot shot. Steve Mandanda tipped the ball over with a flying save.
    • 46' Doesn't look like the passing has got any better.
    • 45' Second half gets underway. Let's hope it starts the way the first period finished.
    • 46' Half-time. Before the whistle Marseille threatened on two occasions. Gonzalez and Brandao both went close.
    • 44' This game has come to life. Niang did brilliant down the right, beating two defenders and crossing for Brandao. The striker got ahead of his marker, but his toe poke from close range was brilliantly saved by Leoni.
    • 41' First clear cut chance of the half and Marseille should be winning. Quick free kick Cheyrou laid it to Valbuena who crossed for Hilton, but he could only head it over from close range.
    • 40' Gonzalez hits a firm shot high and wide from distance. Trust me it's a highlight....
    • 40' I'm struggling to understand why Marseille are so bad - they've got some quality out there - Cheyrou, Valbuena, Gonzalez and Niang. Ok, it's not Real Madrid, but they have the ability to break down FC Zurich.
    • 36' A shot from Okonkwo just summed up this game. Dire. A long range effort that was so high and wide it begs the question - which goal was he aiming at?
    • 34' At this rate these two teams could play for five days and not score. I'd rather watch bowls than this.
    • 32' I wish I could tell you this game was exciting, but I can't. It's painfully boring.
    • 27' Cheyrou drags a shot wide from the edge of the box. Very poor.
    • 27' There is a severe lack of quality on show. No one can pass. It's incredible.
    • 24' FC Zurich corner.... The delivery is so bad I can't find the words.
    • 24' Very disjointed opening 25 minutes.
    • 23' Marseille captain Niang is getting very frustrated with his team-mates. They're not using the space because they can't pass the parcel.
    • 21' Finally a shot. Gajic shoots from distance, but it skims harmlessly past Mandanda's post. He never looked in trouble.
    • 20' Same old story for Marseille - get themselves in a decent position and then they waste it with an awful final ball.
    • 20' Raul has given Madrid the lead against AC Milan. Horror show from Dida apparently....
    • 19' Marseille are fifth in Ligue 1. Three points off the top. Lyon are setting the pace - no surprise there then.
    • 17' Marseille look pretty, but they've been slopping and if FC Zurich get their act together they can catch the French off guard.
    • 16' Apart from the disallowed goal at the start of the game, nothing exciting to report... The fans are noisy nonetheless!
    • 14' Marseille are domainating possession, but they're wasteful in the final third.
    • 12' Zurich are currently 16 points off the pace in the Swiss Super League. From their showing so far it's easy to see why.
    • 10' Marseille should have made more of that attack. A poor final ball from Brandao.
    • 9' Rochat is in trouble for FC Zurich. Looks like he fell awkwardly on his shoulder.
    • 8' Both teams are giving the ball way because the tempo is so high. You can see there is a desire to attack, but at the moment it's a bit messy.
    • 5' Marseille have started this game with a great tempo.
    • 3' Free-kick for Marseille. Gonzalez teed up Cheyrou and his left foot drive was parried by Leoni. A string of Marseille players bundled the ball home, but the goal was disallowed for offside.
    • 2' Atmosphere sounds great inside the Letzigrund.
    • 1' And we're off....
    • - Armageddon might stop Real Madrid qualifying for the next stage of the Champions League, but FC Zurich's win in Milan has thrown this group wide open. In terms of the second qualifying place - it's all up for grabs - especially if Madrid beat Milan tonight.
    • - On paper it's easy to pick out Marseille as the favourites, but FC Zurich shocked AC Milan in their last Champions League clash... a 1-0 win in the San Siro! Marseille on the other hand have shipped five goals in two games. Oh dear....
    • - Interesting name on the bench for l'OM.... Former Monaco and Liverpool striker Fernando Morientes, who won the Champions League three times with Real Madrid. A spent force? They say form is temporary, class is timeless.
    • - And now for the French.... Marseille: Mandanda, Bonnart, M'bia Etoundi, Hilton, Heinze, Cisse, Cheyrou, Valbuena, Gonzalez, Niang, Brandao. Subs: Andrade, Taiwo, Ben Arfa, Kabore, Kone, Abriel, Morientes.
    • - The team line-ups are in.... FC Zurich: Leoni, Stahel, Tihinen, Rochat, Philippe Koch, Okonkwo, Aegerter, Gajic, Margairaz, Vonlanthen, Alphonse. Subs: Guatelli, Lampi, Nikci, Djuric, Barmettler, Abdi, Schonbachler.
    • - Marseille have lost their last four European games and have not won any of the last five.
    • - Zurich won their only previous game against a French club, beating Toulouse 2-0 two seasons ago in the UEFA Cup in Switzerland.
    • - Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of the Champions League match between Zurich and Marseille.

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Red card for Laurent Bonnart. Second booking.
    • 90+2 Alain Rochat heads over following a corner. Should have done better.
    • 90' Decent effort from Duric. A long range effort flying past the post.
    • 69' Great chance for Zurich. Silvan Aegerter met a free-kick at the back post, but his header is turned round the post by Mandanda.
    • 69' GOAL!!!! Marseille take the lead. Gabriel Heinze scores with a great volley! His second goal of the competition.
    • 57' Mathieu Valbuena volleys wide from the edge of the box. Misses the target, but it was a decent effort.
    • 48' Brandao slides the ball across the face of the Zurich six-yard box. Just needed a touch...
    • 47' Zurich's best effort of the game. Johan Vonlanthen received the ball on the edge of Marseille's penalty area, before beating his man and unleashing a right foot shot. Steve Mandanda tipped the ball over with a flying save.
    • 44' This game has come to life. Niang did brilliant down the right, beating two defenders and crossing for Brandao. The striker got ahead of his marker, but his toe poke from close range was brilliantly saved by Leoni.
    • 41' First clear cut chance of the half and Marseille should be winning. Quick free kick Cheyrou laid it to Valbuena who crossed for Hilton, but he could only head it over from close range.
    • 40' Gonzalez hits a firm shot high and wide from distance. Trust me it's a highlight....
    • 21' Finally a shot. Gajic shoots from distance, but it skims harmlessly past Mandanda's post. He never looked in trouble.
    • 3' Free-kick for Marseille. Gonzalez teed up Cheyrou and his left foot drive was parried by Leoni. A string of Marseille players bundled the ball home, but the goal was disallowed for offside.

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • FC Zürich

      Manager: Bernard Challandes

      Starting line-up

      • J. Leoni
      • F. Stahel
      • H. Tihinen
      • A. Rochat
      • P. Koch
      • S. Aegerter Yellow Card
      • M. Gajic Substitution Out (72′)
      • Tico
      • X. Margairaz Yellow Card Substitution Out (84′)
      • J. Vonlanthen Substitution Out (84′)
      • A. Alphonse

      Subs

      • A. Guatelli
      • H. Barmettler
      • A. Abdi Substitution In84′
      • D. Djuric Substitution In72′
      • V. Lampi
      • M. Schönbächler
      • A. Nikci Substitution In84′

    • Olympique Marseille

      Manager: Didier Deschamps

      Starting line-up

      • S. Mandanda
      • L. Bonnart Red Card
      • S. M'Bia
      • V. Hilton
      • G. Heinze Goal
      • E. Cissé
      • B. Cheyrou Substitution Out (64′)
      • M. Valbuena Substitution Out (65′)
      • Lucho González Substitution Out (82′)
      • M. Niang
      • Brandão Yellow Card

      Subs

      • F. Morientes
      • F. Abriel Substitution In64′
      • T. Taiwo
      • E. Andrade
      • B. Koné Substitution In65′
      • H. Ben Arfa
      • C. Kaboré Substitution In82′

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      Strikers
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  1. come on marsielle you bunch of girls score a goal

    From Daniel, on Wed 21 Oct 9:05PM

  2. Come on Marseille, you've gotta win

    From shandu_93, on Wed 21 Oct 8:35PM

  3. What has happened to OM????????? I would never have­ expected this from DD. They should have kept Gerets

    From tom h, on Wed 21 Oct 8:30PM

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  5. Come on marseille !! 0-2

    From lubomirhanis, on Wed 21 Oct 5:04PM

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