Olympique Marseille 5 -
Deportivo La Coruña 1
Marseille: Carrasso;
Beye (Barry 75'), Meite, Taiwo, Nakata; Ribery, Delfim (Koke 56'), Lamouchi
(Batlles 70'), Oruma; Niang, Mendoza. 4-4-2. Deportivo: Molina;
Manuel Pablo, Andrade, Juanma, Capdevila; De Guzman, Scaloni (Toro Acuña
63'), Duscher, Munitis; Diego Tristán (Romero 58'), Rubén Castro
(Héctor 74'). 4-4-2.
Goals: 1-0. 04. Ribery.
Following up after Molina beat out long free kick from Taiwo. 1-1. 08.
Andrade. Fired ball back into net after keeper patted away long shot. 2-1.
65. Meite. Climbed on shoulders of Romero to head loose ball past Molina.
3-1. 73. Niang. Forced ball in on rebound after Molina blocked cross from
right. 4-1. 88. Niang. Curled shot past keeper after defence failed to
clear cross. 5-1. 90. Oruma. Cut in from right of area and hit angled shot
into far corner.
Deportivo La Coruña
lost their Intertoto Cup final to Olympique Marseille by 5-1, and as a result
failed to qualify for this season's UEFA Cup. The Galicians took a two goal
lead into the game from the first leg, and although they fell behind to an
early strike from Ribery, Andrade levelled the scores in the eighth minute with
an important away goal. Soon afterwards Duscher and Ribery were sent off after
clashing, but the Galicians held on until midway through the second half when
Meite restored the lead for the French side, Russian referee Nikolai Ivanov
waving away Depor's protests that the player had climbed all over Romero to
head the ball past Molina.
Five minutes later though
the referee made an even bigger mistake when he sent off Capdevila after
showing him a second yellow card for a foul which was actually committed by
Toro Acuña, and Depor were left with nine men. The French side still
needed two goals to go through, but Niang got a lucky break when the ball
bounced off him and in to the net at point blank range after Molina failed to
collect a cross, and then scored his second of the night after another
defensive mistake. Depor were beaten, and Oruma added a fifth goal in the last
minute to complete the rout. |