Real Madrid 4 - Olympique Marseille 2

Real Madrid: Casillas; Michel Salgado, Pavón, Raúl Bravo, Roberto Carlos; Beckham, Cambiasso (Guti 72'); Figo, Raúl, Zidane (Solari 86'); Ronaldo (Portillo 86'). 4-2-3-1.
Marseille: Runje; Beye, Van Buyten, Meité, Ecker; Marlet (Johansen 38'), Celestini, Hemdani (Vachousek 62'), Meriem; Mido, Drogba (N'Diaye 66'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 26. Drogba. First time shot after Mido effort blocked by Raúl Bravo.
1-1. 29. Roberto Carlos. First time volley from left of goal after Beckham cross.
2-1. 34. Ronaldo. Turned ball into net after Salgado cut in and played pass in.
3-1. 55. Ronaldo. First time shot after Zidane ran the ball through from midfield.
4-1. 61. Figo (penalty). Twice taken kick after Runje brought down Roberto Carlos.
4-2. 83. Van Buyten. Powerful header in off far post from Vachousek corner.

Real Madrid recorded what in the end was a comfortable victory over Olympique Marseille, although they did have a few shaky minutes early on. Carlos Queiroz put out the same starting line up that had defeated Valladolid 7-2 at the weekend, with Raúl Bravo in the centre of defence and Beckham in central midfield alongside Cambiasso, who passed a late fitness test. But although Madrid had most of the play, ex Celta striker Mido brought a good save out of Casillas early on, and the visitors took the lead when Drogba took advantage of a slow reaction from Bravo to drill home the first goal midway through the first half.

It only took the nine time European champions eight minutes to turn the scoreline around though, with Roberto Carlos making it all square with a first time bouncing volley from Beckham's cross only three minutes after Drogba's goal. Beckham shot just wide and Runje saved at the feet of Ronaldo before Beckham sent Salgado away down the right to dance through the defence and lay the ball across for Ronaldo to score.

Madrid's domination continued in to the second half, with Ronaldo picking up a loose ball after a good run by Zidane to crash home a third ten minutes after the restart. And then a clumsy challenge by Runje on Roberto Carlos left the keeper holding his head in his hands fearing the worst. But although German referee Wolfgang Stark awarded the penalty, he let Runje off with a yellow card rather than a red. Figo had to retake his first spot kick as there were players encroaching in the area, but he had no trouble beating the keeper a second time to make it four.

Queiroz brought on Guti for a limping Cambiasso and the onslaught continued. Twice within a minute Ronaldo was brought down in the area, but the referee turned a blind eye to both. But with the game in the bag they slackened off, and shortly after Casillas was brought into action to save from Mido, Van Buyten rose to head home a late corner for his side's second. Once again there were doubts about the marking, but with eleven goals in favour now in two games, nobody was worrying too much about that.