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Commentary
2¹The referee books ELANO for a bad foul.
7¹HEINZE headed inches wide.
13¹GOAL!! A neat one-two left ARANGO clear and he made no mistake by expertly flicking the ball past the oncoming RIOU. (1-0 Bayer Leverkusen)
19¹The Marseille 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from CASTRO.
24¹A shot from NIANG seemed a certain goal but the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
28¹The Marseille 'keeper saved a glorious shot from ZÁRATE.
31¹CASTRO headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
32¹ARANGO was put clear by BALITSCH and he dummied RIOU but drilled his shot just wide.
35¹GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from DIAWARA caught the Bayer Leverkusen defence square and BRANDÃO ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (1-1)
42¹A cross from BEN ARFA left CISSÉ in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
0²GOAL!! A short goal-kick was intercepted by CISSÉ who setup NIANG with an easy chance. (2-1 Marseille)
2²CHEYROU dribbled past PISZCZEK and rattled a tame shot over.
4²GOAL!! A patient Bayer Leverkusen side were rewarded with a lovely strike from ARANGO. (2-2)
7²ZÁRATE made space on the left and dragged the ball to ARANGO who clipped the ball over.
9²BALITSCH ran onto a wonderful ball from ELANO but hit his shot wide of the goal.
12²GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for ARANGO to hammer the ball home. (3-2 Bayer Leverkusen)
16²A corner was collected by BALITSCH who touched an effort wide.
23²A free-kick from HEINZE raced over the bar.
35²Uncertainty in the Marseille defence enabled KURANYI to volley an effort over.
43²NIANG beat CAMBIASSO and blasted the ball to BEN ARFA who hit his shot wide.
46²A accurate pass fell to BALITSCH and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
47²KURANYI's shot was well saved by RIOU.

 
Bayer Leverkusen
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WWWX
Overall league form: LWWWWLWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Tim WIESE6 16 Rudy RIOU
Lukasz PISZCZEK7 27½Charles KABORÉ
Gonzalo CASTRO7½37 Gabriel HEINZE(c)
(c)Esteban CAMBIASSO6½47 Andrea PIRLO
Daniel DÍAZ6½57 Souleymane DIAWARA
Manuel FRIEDRICH6½66½HILTON Vitorino
Hanno BALITSCH7½77 Hatem BEN ARFA
Juan ARANGO6½86½Benoît CHEYROU
(p)Kevin KURANYI7 97½Mamadou NIANG(p)
(f)ELANO Blumer6 106½Edouard CISSÉ(f)
Mauro ZÁRATE6½116½BRANDÃO
Manager
Lars BENDER  12  RICHARLYSON Barbosa
Paul ROBINSON  13  ELINTON Sanchotene
Patrick HELMES  146½Laurent BONNART
Clemens FRITZ  15  GUTI
RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ  16  GILBERTO Aparecido da SILVA
 
Marseille
 
League position: 18
Away league form: XLLX
Overall league form: LXWXLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bayer Leverkusen 3 Marseille 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 22,412, Stadium: BayArena, Referee: Barry Knight 6)

Arango 13¹, Arango 4², Arango 12²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Brandão 35¹, Niang 0²
 CisséóBonnart 13²
  
Elano 2¹ 
20
73
00
63
75
138
31
46%54%
Man of the match: Hanno Balitsch