Olympique Lyon v Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League: Second half report (Part 2)
In the 67th minute of the match, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325 made his way into the Real Madrid ranks for Lassana Diarra.
The former Arsenal man came on for the German national team as a defensive midfielder to reinforce the Real Madrid defence as the Spanish giants took a one goal lead in the 65th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350.
In the 68th minute of the match, Lyon almost found an equalizer as Gomis was played in by Cesar Delgado but the lanky striker was flagged offside by the linesman as Real Madrid retained their one goal advantage.
In the 70th minute of the match, Jeremy Pied was booked by the referee for Lyon as the French club’s substitute committed a late tackle on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 down the right hand side of Real Madrid’s attack. After scoring the goal, Real Madrid grew
in confidence and Lyon got desperate in possession.
The French league leaders were shell shocked by the Benzema strike and as a result adopted a much more offensive strategy for the remainder of the second half. In the 71st minute, Lyon responded to Jose Mourinho’s changes with a substitution of
their own as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jimmy-Briand-c18553 came on for Cesare Delgado to influence the match in a positive way.
In the 75th minute, Real Madrid made their final change of the match as Marcelo was introduced into the fray in place of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282 on the right side of Real Madrid’s defence.
In the 78th minute, Lyon also made another substation as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kim-c20955 Kallstorm.
Lyon’s offensive midfielder almost made an immediate impact as he tried his luck on Iker Casillas’s goal with his first touch on the ball but the ball sailed over the bar by a couple of feet http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Real-c38478 Madrid remained ahead by a goal to nil at Stade Gerland.
In the 83rd minute, Lyon struck back in fine style. It was Gomis, who latched onto a flick on from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cris-c9486 inside the Real Madrid penalty area and thus the home side scored their equalizer as the score line reached 1-1.
Eventually the second half came to a conclusion with the score line at 1-1. It was an interesting match overall but with the second leg scheduled to take place at Santiago Bernabeau in the middle of March, Real Madrid will now be favourites to go through
to the quarterfinals with a win in the second leg.
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