Olympique De Marseille MATCH PRESS KIT Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Wednesday 18 March 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 Local Time) Matchday 9 - Round of 16, Second Leg
AFC Ajax - Olympique de Marseille MATCH PRESS KIT Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Wednesday 18 March 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Matchday 9 - Round of 16, second leg Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Match background AFC Ajax may feel they are on course for a third two-legged European win over Olympique de Marseille after leaving the Stade Vélodrome with a 2-1 loss last week, despite being reduced to ten men in the first half. • Erik Gerets's Marseille looked to be heading for a famous win after Benoît Cheyrou and Mamadou Niang put them into a 2-0 lead, but Luis Suárez reduced the deficit from the penalty spot and the French side failed to press home their advantage following Gregory van der Wiel's 42nd-minute dismissal after he picked up two bookings inside four minutes. • Ajax's showing in five games against Marseille reads W3 D0 L2, with their previous home matches against the French side having netted them a win and a meaningless defeat. • Marseille and Ajax have met in two previous two-legged UEFA club competition ties, with the Dutch outfit prevailing on both occasions. • They first met in a 1971/72 European Champion Clubs' Cup second-round tie, with goals from Piet Keizer and Johan Cruyff giving Stefan Kovacs' Ajax a 2-1 win in France after Gilbert Gress had opened the scoring for Lucien Leduc's Marseille.
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