Ronaldo was at the Vélodrome, the OL humiliated the Galaxies… The duels between Real Madrid and the French clubs

LOSC fought against Real Madrid in the Champions League at the French club on September 21st. A huge challenge for the friends of Bruno Genésio, who (certainly) took inspiration from their predecessors.

Le PSG, current opponent

Le Real Madrid was insulted four times by the capital’s club when the last editions of the Coupe aux grandes oreilles took place. The most memorable confrontation was already shown in the 2021-2022 season. In the roping, PSG remained imposing 1-0 in the last final, congratulated one, but… Kylian Mbappé was in action during the next encounter at the Parc des Princes.

The return of the game was already heralded in legend with Karim Benzema’s famous treble (3-1 win), which qualified the team for the quarter-finals of the competition. In the most competitive games between two teams in history, Real Madrid had a net advantage (4v, 2n, 2d).

Lyon, the historic opponent of the 21st century debut

Before PSG was hit by QSI, the main European players were at Real Madrid and the French clubs were heading to the Lyon Olympics. Madrilenian and Gones crossed five reps in C1 and each matched a special saver. When the players played against the Galactiques in 2005 (Lyon won 3-0), the Esprits were branded in Europe and the Rhodaniens were placed ahead of the underdogs to win the final.

Lyon fans also remembered the glory of the last final in 2010, when they had to qualify Lyon after a second leg at the Santiago Bernabéu (1-0; 1-1). In this edition, president Jean-Michel Aulas and coach Claude Puel told me that OL had achieved the best result in its history with a semi-final against FC Bayern Munich.

Reims, first opponent in France

Cela étonnera plus d’un young fan de foot. Just 50 years ago, the great parallel to Real Madrid’s Coupé aux grandes oreilles was the Stade de Reims! In 1956, Raymond Kopa defeated Alfredo Di Stefano’s gang and was named to the Premier League victory over Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes (loss, 4-3).

1959, a new final in Stuttgart, until the repeat. They lost 2-0 in the final and had a surprise for the Stade de Reims by reaching the C1 final after these two games.

Monaco, fossils from 2004

The EU championship league brought many surprises in the 2003-2004 season with a completely unusual final Monaco-Porto (3-0 win for Portugal). For this reason, the Monegasque club endured an extraordinary course of elimination from Chelsea and then quartered the Galactiques of Real Madrid. Present Ronaldo, Zidane, Roberto Carlos. After a 2-4 defeat against Santiago Bernabéu, the players who played in the Didier Deschamps era were remobilized for the game against Ludwig II, only to be defeated 3-1 and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Ironically, the victory was orchestrated by Fernando Morientes, ahead of Monaco by Real Madrid. Holy story.

Marseille fell victim to Ronaldo

A fantastic canonical coup. In December 2009, during the Champions League phase, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the Marseille Olympics and Real Madrid. The Portuguese attack wave was just arriving in the Spanish capital, Manchester United, and it only took me five minutes to give my team an advantage. When Steve Mandanda staged a French coup near the Trentino Cage, the Lusitanians sent a cannon coup into Lucerne.

Ronaldo was another, but in the 80th minute he beat Madrid on the Pelouse of the Stade Vélodrome (1-3). In this game, the duel was represented by a brace in the first confrontation between the two teams (3-0).

Le Real Madrid took place in Nice (1957) and Auxerre (2011) in C1. Le Real Madrid easily reported these confrontations without them living in history.