Champions League R16: Lyon v Real Madrid Munich Recap (2nd Leg)

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Lyon v Real Madrid
Replay: March 17 @ 9PM

Real Madrid just really dominated this match in their classic Spanish posssession style of football.  They had way more chances than Lyon and we able to convert three of them.  I guess they finally broke the record of never beating Lyon in a match, and it’s a first time since 2004 that they finally reached the Quarterfinals stage.

Cristiano Ronaldo did play after all but was not able to score a goal (I guess I’ll have more chances to see if this is true).

former Real Madrid legend & captain, Raul who is now playing for Schalke

With Schalke also advancing to the next round, I wonder if the two teams will get to play against each other.  This would be a really interesting match, but my money would be on Raul’s Schalke :P

Final Aggregate Score:

Lyon: 1

Real Madrid: 4

Here are numbers:

Real Madrid		Lyon
3	Goals scored	0
10	Attempts on target	3
5	Attempts off target	1
9	Corners	4
29' 5''	Possession (time)	25' 4''
53	Possession (%)	47
12	Fouls committed	18
2	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0

Goals:

            37^th minute – Marcelo (Real Madrid)

            66^th minute – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

            76^th minute – Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid)

Yellow Cards:

            Pepe (Real Madrid)

Ricardo Carvalho (Real Madrid)

Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon)

Aly Cissokho (Lyon)

More here:

'Perfect' Madrid please Mourinho
Jubilant Madrid breeze past Lyon

Real Madrid race into quarterfinals

Real look to end Lyon jinx

Real Madrid's Mesut Oezil Hopes To Confront Raul's Schalke In Champions League Quarter-Finals

Real Madrid 3-0 Lyon highlights video goals

Yoann Gourcuff: Lyon Are Disappointed Losing To Real Madrid

Real Madrid General Director Jorge Valdano: We Experienced A Party-Like Atmosphere During Lyon Encounter

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo: We Are Ready For Any Team In Champions League Quarter-Finals

Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho: I Don't Want To Play Inter Or Chelsea In The Champions League Quarter-Finals

Real Madrid's Marcelo Ecstatic After Champions League Progress

Player Ratings: Real Madrid 3-0 Lyon (4-1 Agg.)

Real Madrid's Iker Casillas & Esteban Granero Hope For Schalke's Raul To Return To The Bernabeu

Champions League: Lyon v Real Madrid – 2nd Leg

Lyon v Real Madrid

March 17 @ 3:30AM – Live Game

Will Lyon hold on to their record of never losing a match to Real Madrid?  (I’m kinda hoping they would, Real is one of the best clubs in the world, so it’s a feat to never have lost to them).

I’m still curious if CR7’s team mates will celebrate with him if he scores a goal but with his health in question after suffering a hamstring injury in their domestic matches, so it’s not sure yet if he can play for this match.  But Kaka will definitely be out for this game due to his knee injury as well as Sami Khedira with a thigh problem.

Aggregate Score:

Lyon: 0

Real Madrid: 1

For the win:

Lyon:

should score at least one point more than Real

a 2-2 or up draw can qualify them to the next round

Real Madrid:

with the 1^st leg ending in a 1-1 draw, Real (like Lyon) should score at least one point more than Valencia

a 0-0 draw can advance them to the next stage

Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Real‘s home turf)

More here: 

Statistic Shocker - Real Madrid Have Not Beaten Olympique Lyonnais In Seven Attempts
Real Madrid - Lyon Special: Progress Or Bust For Jose Mourinho
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo To Undergo Medical Test Today Ahead Of Olympique Lyonnais Clash
Adebayor underlines Madrid ambition
Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho Dreams Of Third Champions League Trophy Ahead Of Olympique Lyonnais Clash
Lyon's Claude Puel: No Difference Whether Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo Plays Against Us
Cristiano Ronaldo & Gonzalo Higuain return to Real Madrid training following injury – report
Fresh Kaká setback for Madrid's Lyon decider
Madrid's Ronaldo a doubt for Lyon decider
Ángel takes wing at Real Madrid

Here's my attempt in being an “expert”... Below are score combinations showing which team can qualify to the next round.

Lyon	Real Madrid
0	0
0	1
0	2
0	3
0	4
1	1
1	2
1	3
1	4
2	1
2	2
2	3
2	4
3	1
3	2
3	3
3	4
4	1
4	2
4	3

Highlighted in yellow means that that team will will proceed to the Quarter finals.  Pink means the aggregate score as well as the number of away goals is a tie, so I dunno if they'll do extra time, shoot out or coin toss...

Champions League Replay Skeds

Kobenhavn vs Chelsea

5:30PM on Feb 23 @ Balls Channel

10PM on Feb 26 @ Balls Channel

Lyon vs Real Madrid

10PM on Feb 23 @ Balls Channel

8PM on Feb 26 @ Balls Channel

Champions League: Round of 16 Game Recap

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Lyon v Real Madrid

Since CR7 was not able to score a goal, we’ll just have to wait for the 2^nd leg to see if it’s true that his teammates do not celebrate his goals with him.  Gomis’ equalizer in the last minutes of the game maintained Lyon’s record of never losing a match to Real.

Here are the game stats:

Lyon		Real Madrid
1	Goals scored	1
6	Shots off target	3
3	Shots on target	3
5	Corners	4
23' 47''	Possession (time)	29' 18''
44	Possession (%)	56
20	Fouls committed	17
3	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0

Goals:

            65^th minute – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

            83^rd minute – Bafétimbi Gomis (Lyon)

Yellow Cards:

            Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

            Angel Di Maria

            Michel Bastos (Lyon)

            Cris (Lyon)

            Jérémy Pied (Lyon)

            Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

More here:

Late Lyon leveler denies Real Madrid; Chelsea cruise to Copenhagen win
Lyon 1-1 Real Madrid: Champions League Highlights (Video)
Gomis goal pegs back Madrid
Not quite a feast of football in tasty Lyon

Nobody likes Cristiano Ronaldo (duh!)

According to The Spoiler, he has only three teammates who like him.  No surprise there.  There have been rumors and rumblings that Sergio Ramos is looking to transfer to Premier League because of a tiff with CR7.  And then there was this issue with Casillas' GF.  Although I’d say he has at least four or maybe five friends in the team, they forgot to count Ozil and Kaka.  CR7 may be a good player but is an ass.  Apparently, they hate his guts so much that when he scores a goal and does his goal celebration thingy, to quote The Spoiler, “NO-ONE ELSE IS CELEBRATING WITH HIM”

So I did a little digging and here are some photos I found of his goal celebrations... most of what I found are of him celebrating alone...

I know men have become more and more metrosexuals, 
but I think someone got a little carried away with the plucking as
those eyebrows are just a tad too "shaped" for me

dunno if this one's a goal celebration or it's just CR7 being a douche

there's Ozil going to him... where's everyone else?

I also found a video of his top 10 goals for Real Madrid, see for youself…

What do you think?

So in tomorrow’s match against Lyon, let’s all watch if it is true that nobody celebrates with him (if he can score, that is).