makoun thunderbolt gives lyon the edge published: tuesday 16 february 2010, 22.35cet
a thunderous 47th-minute strike from jean ii makoun earned the french side the slenderest of advantages against the nine-time winners.
a superb long-range shot from jean ii makoun gave olympique lyonnais a slender advantage in their uefa champions league first knockout round tie with real madrid cf and a third victory in five years against los merengues.
lyon created most of the game's chances, césar delgado rattling the woodwork in the first half, and after makoun's 47th-minute strike both aly cissokho and lisandro went close to adding a second. although madrid will be confident of turning the tie around at the santiago bernabéu on 10 march, the nine-time european champions must do so without marcelo and xabi alonso, who are both suspended after picking up bookings.
les gones had defeated madrid in each of their two previous visits, and sidney govou – a survivor of those triumphs – was quick to remind the visitors of his talent, volleying césar delgado's sweeping pass narrowly wide in the tenth minute. manuel pellegrini's charges then began to control the midfield but rarely looked like breaking through a back line well marshalled by jean-alain boumsong and cris.
boumsong was particularly alert in taking the ball off gonzalo higuaín's toes after the forward had raced on to cristiano ronaldo's delightful flick, later clearing marcelo's cross-shot from under the crossbar. yet for all madrid's possession it was ol who looked more dangerous. miralem pjanić's corner was nodded over by boumsong and anthony réveillère, césar delgado and lisandro were all off target when presented with inviting opportunities to shoot from distance.
the home team should have been ahead at half-time but were denied by wayward finishing and bad luck, delgado particularly unfortunate four minutes before the interval when he latched on to a half-cleared corner and thundered a volley against iker casillas's upright from 20 metres.
the gerland faithful may have feared the best chance had gone yet they were celebrating barely 90 seconds after the restart. boumsong won possession on halfway, giving makoun the chance to surge forward unopposed and hit a brilliant swerving shot over casillas and into the top corner. the game subsequently opened up, kaká forcing hugo lloris to make his first save with a low header before lisandro nodded pjanić's free-kick over then directed a shot just wide of the far post.
with both sides knowing the next goal would change the balance of the tie, the contest became frantic. ronaldo's long-range strike was brilliantly tipped wide by lloris, before casillas produced an even better save, racing off his line to block aly cissokho's low drive. seconds later, with the left-back still upfield, higuaín burst into the lyon penalty area only to see his flicked attempt parried by lloris's outstretched right hand.
that was higuaín's final contribution as he was replaced by karim benzema, whose entrance was greeted by rapturous applause, but not even the former ol favourite could find a way through. benzema's curling shot was easy saved by lloris before sergio ramos headed over from a corner as lyon resisted a late surge to leave madrid with plenty of work to do if they are to avoid a sixth successive last-16 elimination.
bu galibiyetle birlikte lyon, real madrid'i 2005-06 ve 2006-07'de şl gruplarında karşılaştıkları maçlarla birlikte 3. kez lyon'da yenmiş oldu. aynı zamanda lyon, s. bernabeu'da oynadıkları 2 maçtan da beraberlikle ayrıldığı için real madrid'e karşı yenilgisizliğini 5 maça çıkarttı.
gruplarda en çok gol atan takım olarak -15 gol- 16lara gelen real madrid'in gol atmadığı ilk maç oldu.
real'de sarı kart gören alanso ve marcelo santiago bernabeu'daki maçta forma giyemeyecekler...
maçtan önce real madrid ve lyon'un liglerindeki durumu göze alanlar real madrid'in maçı çok rahat hatta farklı alacağını düşünüyorlardı. ama maçta lyon gerçekten nefis oynadı. real madrid'i perişan etti. zaten real'in 2-3 tane pozisyon hariç gole yaklaşamadı. buna rağmen lyonun 2 direği, 3-4 casias'ın kurtarışı ve bir de golü var...
kısacası istatistikler yanılmadı. lyon, real'e hem yine yenilmedi hem de fransa da yine yendi...
fransa kanunlarına göre futbol takımları bahis şirketlerinin reklamlarını formalarında taşıyamıyorlar. lyon'un sadece şampiyonlar ligi maçlarında giymek için anlaştığı betclic reklamını sadece deplasmandaki cl maçlarında giyebiliyor. evinde ise reklamsız formalarla sahaya çıkıyorlar.
bu maçta real madrid'in sponsoru olan bwin'in de bir bahis sitesi olmasından ötürü onlar da reklamsız forma ile sahaya çıktılar.
benim gibi endüstriel futbolu sevmeyenler için de bir göz ziyafeti oldu doğrusu :)
gerçi real madrid'i reklamsız forma ile izlemek garip geliyor doğrusu. çünkü kendileri şuanda endüstriel futbolun ana vatanı. madrid'de herhangi bir yerden 70 euroya alınan real formasını santiago bernabeu'da bulunan shoplarında 90 euroya satıyolar desem ve bir de shoplarında neredeyse 10 farklı renk real forması satıyorlar diye eklesem (evet pembe real forması bile var) sanırım ne demek istediğimi daha iyi anlarsınız :)
türkiye'de de bahis sitesi reklamı yasak olduğundan sevilla'nın istanbuldaki fenerbahçe maçında forma reklamları "amatörce" kapatılmıştı. herhalde son dakikada bu yasak haberi verildi ve sevilla'da getirdikleri formalardaki reklamların üzerlerine bir şerit çekilerek sahaya çıktılar.
lyon başkanı jean-michel aulas maçtan birkaç gün önce fransa finans bakanı ile görüşüp bu maçta bahis şirketi reklamlı formaları ile sahaya çıkmak istediklerini iletmiş. ama finans bakanı eric woerth'in yanıtı hayır olmuş...
real are the top club in europe with a turnover, not including the sale of players, of 366 million euros. lyon are classed in 12th position with 156 millions euros. (2007/2008).
the spanish club, put their stamp on the world of football paying out the largest ever transfer fee for the services of the portuguese international cristiano ronaldo. he was bought from manchester united for the modest sum of 93.3 million euros. at the same time ol brought in the argentinean lisandro lopez for 24 million euros. real invested in the 2009 summer transfer window: 253.5 million euros, in comparison ol spent: 76.5 millions euros.
real madrid are the club that everyone wants to see or discover. for proof, their stadium, the mythical bernabeu is the most visited site in madrid with 700 000 visitors last year.
real sell their services, or rather their matches. ıf you want to see madrid in your town, you will have to pay two million euros.
as for as tv revenue is concerned, there is a huge gap between the two clubs, real taking 160 million euros per year and ol 44.4 million.
we will finish up with a common denominator between the two clubs, their sponsors are both online betting sites: bwin for real and betclic for ol. but spanish law allows real to wear the sponsors name on their shirts while french law does not, a disadvantage for ol. next tuesday, neither side should be wearing the sponsors name on their shirts unless the finance minister eric woerth listened to jean-michel aulas during the ol system programme on the 28th of january asking him: « please mr minister, help us make this champions league match a big party for all of french football, by allowing both sides to wear their jersey’s with their sponsors on them. » will the minister have listened to the olympique lyonnais president’s demand? the answer will be revealed on tuesday the 16th of february.
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