Champions League Group C: Marseille 6-1 Zürich

Updated: 04 Nov, 2009 • 0 • min read

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Olympique Marseille found themselves just a point behind joint group leaders AC Milan and Real Madrid after a 6-1 rout of FC Zürich at the Stade Vélodrome.

The opener came from Fabrice Abriel's superb inswinging free-kick from the left which Silvan Aegerter could only head into his own net at the near post.

Abriel then got on the score-sheet and it was almost a carbon copy of the opening goal, except this time nobody got a touch and the ball flew straight into the corner of the net.

Zürich got back into the game on the half-hour when Alexandre Alphonse hammered the ball home from the edge of the box after a fluid passing move from the visitors.

But their hope was fleeting as Mamadou Niang soon restored his side's two-goal advantage on 52 minutes, lobbing Zürich keeper Johnny Leoni after being played through by a superb one-two with Bakari Koné.

Marseille then moved into overdrive with three goals in the final ten minutes as Hilton, Benoit Cheyrou and Brandão all scored.