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2¹	A weak shot from GUARDADO trickled agonisingly wide.
4¹	The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from RAÚL.
7¹	BRANDÃO was put clear by GONZÁLEZ and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
10¹	A corner fell to BRANDÃO who touched an effort over the bar.
12¹	GOAL!! After some patient play on the right RAÚL came inside and fired the ball in off the post. (1-0 Marseille)
16¹	A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
26¹	GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from JOSÉ CASTRO caught the Marseille defence napping and DIAMÉ rushed through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (1-1)
27¹	A cynical tackle gets PABLO ÁLVAREZ a yellow card.
29¹	GOAL!! A brilliant ball from ALEX left BRANDÃO in the clear, he made the Deportivo 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to RAÚL to score. (2-1 Marseille)
35¹	GOAL!! A tackle from HEINZE gave Deportivo a free-kick thirty yards out which GUARDADO drove past the 'keeper. (2-2)
38¹	A fine ball from BONNART on the right found RAÚL who mishit his shot over.
40¹	A pin-point pass found GUTI and his looping effort went narrowly over.
40¹	GOAL!! A shot from ALEX deflected off the legs of PABLO ÁLVAREZ and raced past the helpless SHEA and into the net. (3-2 Marseille)
42¹	An exceptional effort from JUAN RODRÍGUEZ scraped the woodwork.
1²	RIKI ran onto a delightful ball from DIAMÉ but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
7²	GUARDADO's header was well saved by RIOU.
10²	Uncertainty in the Deportivo defence enabled RAÚL to hammer an effort wide.
13²	GUARDADO flicked a right foot shot wide from close range.
18²	GOAL!! Uncertainty between JOSÉ CASTRO and the Deportivo 'keeper allowed RAÚL to volley the ball into the empty net. (4-2 Marseille)
25²	JÚNIOR CÉSAR snapped at an easy chance.
26²	GOAL!! Unlucky PABLO ÁLVAREZ hit the woodwork before RIKI stabbed the ball home as HILTON failed to clear. (4-3 Marseille)
28²	GOAL!! Showing lots of skill BRANDÃO dribbled past PABLO ÁLVAREZ and flicked the ball past the Deportivo 'keeper. (5-3 Marseille)
28²	RIKI kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
38²	JUAN RODRÍGUEZ booked for a clumsy tackle on RAÚL.
44²	RAÚL headed inches wide.

Marseille

League position:

Home league form:

LLLL

Overall league form:

LLWLLXLX

Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

Rudy RIOU	6½	1	5½	James SHEA
Laurent BONNART	8	2	6½	MANUEL PABLO García^(c)
HILTON Vitorino	6½	3	5½	JÚNIOR CÉSAR Eduardo
Andrea PIRLO	7½	4	7	Mohamed DIAMÉ
ALEX Rodrigo	7½	5	6	Diego COLOTTO
^(f)Gabriel HEINZE	7½	6	6	JOSÉ Eduardo CASTRO
^(c,p)Luis GONZÁLEZ	6½	7	6½	PABLO ÁLVAREZ Núnez
GUTI	7½	8	7	Andrés GUARDADO
BRANDÃO	7½	9	6½	RIKI^(p)
Benoît CHEYROU	8	10	5½	JUAN Antonio RODRÍGUEZ^(f)
RAÚL González	7	11	6	ADRIÁN Lopez
Dean Murphy	Manager
ELINTON Sanchotene		12		RENATO Assis
Steve MANDANDA		13	7	SERGIO González
Stéphane M'BIA		14		Juan VALERÓN
Mamadou NIANG		15		MISTA
Mathieu VALBUENA		16		JUCA

Deportivo

League position:

Away league form:

LLLX

Overall league form:

LLLLLLLX

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Marseille 5 Deportivo 3

(Half-time: 3-2, Attendance: 28,767, Stadium: Vélodrome, Referee: Goran Marinkovic 8)

Raúl 12¹, Raúl 29¹, Pablo Álvarez 40¹ (og), Raúl 18², Brandão 28²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Diamé 26¹, Guardado 35¹, Riki 26²

Manuel PabloóSergio 19²

Pablo Álvarez 27¹, Juan Rodríguez 38²

53%

47%

¶ Man of the match: Benoît Cheyrou ¶